The helicopter was shattered in the air and hit the Hudson River upside down Thursday afternoon, with all six on board.
The incident was just off the skyline between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront. According to To the Associated Press. The New York Fire Department confirmed it had received the first report of the crash at 3:17pm.
Rescuers arrived within minutes and searched for water near the maintenance pier connected to the Dutch tunnel. Law enforcement Confirmed Siemens executive Agustin Escobar and his family, who were visiting from Spain, were killed when they crashed.
Two other people were taken to a nearby hospital, with two others dead at the scene, according to NYPD commissioner Jessica Tish. Democrat Jersey Mayor Stephen Flop I said In X, two children were taken to Jersey City Medical Center, where they were later declared to have died.
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The video shows the helicopter plunging into the Hudson River, collapsed into the air, appearing to have its blades falling. At least six people are dead, including three children.
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One bystander, Bruce Wall, saw the tail and rotor separate from the fuselage in flight, and the propeller spinning violently when the chopper went out of control. Leslie Camacho, who works as a hostess at a Riverside restaurant in Hoboken, New Jersey, also said the helicopter spins violently out of control before it hits the water.
“A lot of smoke came out. It was spinning pretty quickly and it landed in the water really hard,” Camacho told the Associated Press in a phone interview.
The Hudson River is scenic, but has long been a high-risk zone. The crash revives memories of previous tragedy, particularly the private plane crash in 2009, the tourist helicopter that killed nine people, and the 2018 East River Plunge, which claimed five while flying a charter.
It capsized on the Hudson River in 2022, killing a 7-year-old boy and a 48-year-old woman. Twelve people were thrown into the water, putting the boat’s captain in danger and wounding several others. (Related: Father of the co-pilot killed in DCA crash sheds tears and finds comfort when he learns that his son is “right with Jesus”)
More recently, the US aviation system has endured a streak of fatal, fatal collisions. Just in January, a medical transport crashed in Philadelphia, killing seven people. A few days ago, an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter collided in Washington. This is the country’s most deadly air disaster in decades.
The incident is under investigation by the National Traffic Safety Commission and the Federal Aviation Administration.
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