Six people were killed when a helicopter tour that took a family of five from Spain crashed into the Hudson River on the afternoon of the day; Three children were on board.
The accident occurred on the Hoboken side of Hudson around 3:17 pm The five family included two adults and three children, all of whom they perished in the accident along with the pilot, which took the total death to six. By ABC news :.
The New York police commissioner, Jessica Tisch, said the helicopter was operated by New York helicopters.
The video shared with Eyewitness News seemed to show pieces of the helicopter that separated and crashed into the water. The authorities say that the helicopter hit the inverted water.
Four of the victims were declared dead on the scene and two victims were sent to local hospitals where they were declared dead. Their names are being with the family notification of pending hero.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) believed that the helicopter was a Bell 206 and left the center of Heliport in the center of Manhattan. The cause of the accident is still unknown at this time.
“I saw him fall from heaven! I heard five strong noises that sounded almost like shots in the sky and I saw that the pieces fell, then I saw him fall into the river,” Dani Horbiak’s eyes said.
“Our hearts are with the family and on board,” Mayor Eric Adams said.
According to reports, the Spanish consulate in New York City has communicated with local authorities to collect information about deceased.
The accident occurs after the horrible accident at Reagan International Airport in Washington DC that killed 67 people. On Thursday, at that same airport, a shooting plane hit a plane parked on the track when its wings collided.
