ROCKY HILL, Conn. -- Hours after US Airways Flight 1549 made an emergency landing in the Hudson River, the lottery number 1549 sold out in Connecticut.

Lottery players who attempted to purchase a Play 4 ticket using the numbers 1549 Thursday night were told the number had sold out.

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Diane Patterson of the Connecticut Lottery said that it is possible for a number to sell out.

Patterson said the state has an $8 million liability on the game. She said if a number is picked enough times where it reaches the liability level, the machines will automatically stop the sales of the number.

Patterson said the state sometimes sells out numbers on holidays such as New Year's Eve when many people play the numbers 1111. She said 1414 is often played on Valentine's Day.

The landing of Flight 1549 was being hailed as a miracle by many across the nation Thursday night. All 155 people on board made it off the aircraft safely after it plunged in the icy water.