Twitter and friendfeed, about 50 minutes ago, erupted with info about a plane crash in NYC.

One of the first photos (as reported on Silicon Alley Insider) was made by Janis Krums on his iPhone and posted to Twitter. He was on one of the first ferries to get to the scene, just minutes after the crash.

When I started doing Twitter searches for the word “plane” there were about two tweets every 10 seconds coming in. Within minutes that went up to 200 to 400 Tweets every few seconds.

There were tons of first-person accounts too.

The pilots are heroes. They landed the plane in water safely and got everyone off, according to current reports. That’s just amazing. The water temperature is in the low 40s. That’s not survivable, but as you can see from Janis’ photo everyone got into life rafts.

WOW @jkrums posted the first photo of Hudson plane crash from an iPhone. Amazing photo! http://ad.vu/2hrc — he was in first rescue group.7 minutes ago from web
First photo posted was with an iPhone: http://ad.vu/2hrc 9 minutes ago from web
RT: @tomob: Alternate link to plane on hudson photo by @jkrumshttp://tinyurl.com/8n5la5 – This picture is on MSNBC video. 10 minutes ago from web
MSNBC has live video: http://tinyurl.com/38przq — I’m watching now. 11 minutes ago from web
@justinlevy: MSNBC is interviewing someone who was on the plane now. Looks like everyone got off. Amazing. Absolutely amazing. 13 minutes ago from web in reply to justinlevy
Get live coverage on http://CNN.com 14 minutes ago from web
MSNBC is showing pictures of plane. Most passengers look like they got onto life rafts. Amazing job by pilots. Hopeful no one died. 14 minutes ago from web
@sscornelius Flickr has a photo of the plane crashed already:http://www.flickr.com/photo… 18 minutes ago from web in reply to sscornelius
When I started watching Twitter search for “plane” it was getting two tweets every 10 seconds. Now? 200 every 10 seconds. Wow. 19 minutes ago from web
RT dmooney9: Better photo than what TV has @jkrums:http://twitpic.com/135xa 23 minutes ago from web
RT kevinmagee live video feed from MSNBC of plane crashhttp://tinyurl.com/38przq 26 minutes ago from web
RT: greggish1 CNN now showing the tail of the plane sticking out of the water28 minutes ago from web
Another Twitter search that works better for plane crash in Hudson:http://tinyurl.com/8mj54e 29 minutes ago from web
RT: PaulEWalsh @Scobleizer USAir flight 1549 left La Guardia at 320 PM enroute to Charlotte. 146 passengers. possible bird strike 29 minutes ago from web
RT megfowler http://twitpic.com/135xa 29 minutes ago from web
RT: dbarefoot Here’s a photo of the crashed US Airways plane from Flickr:http://tr.im/usairwayscrash 29 minutes ago from web
More on plane crash: http://tinyurl.com/7wadbv 30 minutes ago from web
More info on Plane Crash is FLOWING in from people who saw the crash at:http://search.twitter.com/s… 36 minutes ago from web
Tons of people are reporting a USAir plane crash in NYC. Followhttp://search.twitter.com for more. 37 minutes ago from web