U.S. Airways Flight 1549 that crash-landed in the Hudson Riveryesterday without fatalities was insured by an AmericanInternational Group company.

According to an FAA spokeswoman, U.S. Airways' insurer is listedas National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh. The broker thatplaced the risk is Willis Group Holdings.

Willis declined to comment. An AIG spokesman confirmed that thecompany is the lead underwriter for the airline, but could provideno additional information.

According to Highline Data, a member of Summit Business Media,the parent company of National Underwriter, National Union Fire Co.of Pittsburgh is an “A”-rated company that wrote more than $7billion in net premiums and reported more than $1 billion in netincome in 2007.

During a press conference in New York today, Kitty Higgins, aNational Transportation Safety Board member, the agency chargedwith investigating the accident, said both engines on the plane aremissing. The New York City Police Department and U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers is using radar to locate the engines, which fell off asthe hull was towed in to shore.

She said the NTSB plans to talk to the pilots of the planetomorrow, but declined to say what caused the accident. Reports saya flock of birds hit the airliner as it took off from La GuardiaAirport in New York.

The NTSB has not yet recovered the Flight Data Recorder and theCockpit Voice Recorders (the Black Boxes) due to the cold water andrapid currents. She said they hope to recover the data tomorrowafter the plane has been lifted from the river.

“One of the things that we want to do here is not only tocelebrate what worked here but also learned what worked,” said Ms.Higgins, adding that because all 155 aboard survived the NTSB doesnot have to rely on data recorders alone to tell the story.

This article was updated at 4:53 p.m.