On Thursday, several calls were made after testimonies saw a helicopter in New York CityThe Hudson River.
According to E! OnlineThe victims of this clash have been identified as the executive of Siemens, Agustín Escobar, his wife Merce Camprubi Montal and his three young children (4, 5 and 11 years old) who, for CnnThey visited the city from Spain.
The pilot, who has not been publicly identified, also died in the fall, e! Was reported online.
Here is everything we know about the flight and its consequences.
The aircraft separated and crashed to the Hudson River
According to CnnThe family was on a helicopter tour in New York City. The aircraft, which was operated on by New York Tourist Helicopter Charter Inc., took off from a Manhattan Heliport at 14:59 and followed a popular tourist route. New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch explained that after flying south, the helicopter turned north to give the family a vision of the famous Manhattan coast. He arrived at George Washington Bridge at 15:08 and after turning south to the coast of New Jersey, lost control.
News NBC He reported that the aircraft separated outdoors and Tisch said he finally entered the Hudson River upside down. The aircraft flew only 16 minutes before it reached the water, CNN reported.
The locals said that the sound of the fall was different from anything they had heard earlier.
“It seemed to me, like an engine that had just died … and I turned, I look, and I saw that the helicopter crashed and splashed into the water,” NBC News Dominick Cognata told NBC, who walked near the fall.
Following the fall, helicopters in air traffic control received the investigation to seek survivors in the water.
“Please keep your eyes open. See anything in the water, do us -know it,” said an emergency response pilot about the frequency, CNN reported.
Tisch said police were able to remove four people out of the water and that the New York City Fire Brigade removed two people. Four victims were declared dead at the scene and two passengers were transferred to local hospitals for treatment.
Over XPreviously known as Twitter, the mayor of Jersey City, Steven Fulop, he wrote that two children were taken to the medical center of the city of Jersey, where they were declared dead.
An incident investigation is in progress
The Federal Aviation Administration, along with the National Transport Safety Board, investigates the incident. The latter has taken the leadership of the case and will provide updates as they arrive.
United States Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who is also looking at the crash, shared in a position In X that the aircraft was in a special New York area where no air traffic control services are provided. Minutes before they entered the area, Laguardia Airport provided support control support support for the helicopter.
The NTSB shared in a knit On Thursday that his chair and researchers went to the scene that night.
“The NTSB launches a team to investigate the Thursday clash of a Bell 206 L-4 helicopter near Jersey City, New Jersey,” he wrote. “The team is expected to arrive tonight.”
Trump, the Prime Minister of Spain and others share condolences
Several officials have shared their condolences to the family and friends of the lost in the fall. Michael Roth, CEO of New York Helicopter Charter Inc., told CNN on Thursday evening that he is “devastated” about the accident.
“I am a father, a grandfather and my wife has not stopped crying this afternoon,” he added.
When CNN asked Roth about the maintenance of the aircraft at the time of the fall, he said on the way out: “It is my maintenance director who treats this.”
The company’s maintenance director chose not to comment. The NTSB limits what companies in their jurisdiction can say publicly in an investigation.
The Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, shared a statement On social media, describing the clash as “an unimaginable tragedy.”
“I share in the penalty of victims’ loved ones right now,” he wrote.
And President Donald Trump shared his condolences in a position About social truth.
“God bless the families and friends of the victim,” he wrote.
