Horrible.
A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon, killing at least six people. From ABC News:
All six people on board were killed when a helicopter plunged into the Hudson River by Lower Manhattan in New York City on Thursday afternoon, law enforcement sources told ABC News.The helicopter was carrying a pilot, two adults and three children, according to law enforcement sources. The family members were tourists from Spain, sources said.
The helicopter flew around Manhattan for only 15 minutes before it crashed. It took off around 3:15 PM local time in Lower Manhattan. From CBS New York:
The helicopter involved was a Bell 206, according to the FAA. It took off from Lower Manhattan, according to the New York City’s mayor’s office. A source familiar with the investigation confirmed it was owned by a company called Meridian Helicopters out of Louisiana.After takeoff, the helicopter apparently flew over Governor’s Island and then near the Statue of Liberty before heading up the Hudson River along Manhattan’s West Side before turning around just past the George Washington Bridge and flying back down along the Jersey side of the river before coming down near Jersey City.
The flight was the helicopter’s sixth flight of the day. CBS News reported “that for at least the last week, the helicopter has traveled to and from airports and heliports in our area, with multiple flights per day.”
Witness Dani Horbiak told ABC News, “I heard five or six loud noises that sounded almost like gunshots in the sky and saw pieces fall off, then watched it fall into the river.”
The video showed the helicopter fell “without a tail rotor or a main rotor blade.”
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