An investigation is underway into the helicopter crash that killed six people — the pilot and a household of Spanish vacationers — when the craft plunged into the Hudson River in New York Metropolis on Thursday.
Divers on Friday are working to get better items of the helicopter.
Siemens executive Agustin Escobar, his spouse, Merce Camprubi Montal, and their kids — ages 4, 8 and 10 — have been recognized as victims within the crash.
Emergency personnel work on the scene of a helicopter crash on the Hudson River close to decrease Manhattan in New York, as seen from Newport, New Jersey, on April 10, 2025.
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The household got here to New York Metropolis to affix Escobar, who was within the U.S. for a enterprise journey, in accordance with Jersey Metropolis Mayor Fulop.
The sightseeing tour was a part of the celebration for the spouse’s fortieth birthday, Fulop stated. The household died sooner or later earlier than the 8-year-old’s birthday, in accordance with New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams.
“We’re working with [the medical examiner] to expedite launch of the household to fly again to Spain,” Fulop stated on social media Friday.
Additionally killed was the pilot, aged 36, regulation enforcement sources advised ABC Information. The pilot is but to be publicly recognized.
First responders work to take away the wreckage of a helicopter from the water after crashing into the Hudson River, within the Newport neighborhood of Jersey Metropolis, New Jersey, on April 10, 2025.
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The chopper — which was operated by the New York Helicopter Excursions firm — fell into the Hudson River between Decrease Manhattan and Hoboken, New Jersey, on Thursday afternoon, simply over quarter-hour after it departed from the Wall Road Heliport.
“We’re devastated,” a consultant of firm advised ABC Information. “My employees hasn’t stopped crying.”
The chopper — recognized by the Federal Aviation Administration as a Bell 206 helicopter — was on its sixth flight of the day. It was discovered upside-down within the 50-degree water when rescuers arrived on the scene, which was nearer to the New Jersey aspect of the Hudson River, in accordance with sources.
On this display screen seize from a video, a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River on April 10, 2025, in New York.
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Video from the crash confirmed the chopper plunging into the water with no tail rotor or a most important rotor blade. Officers stated it hit the water inverted.
New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch advised reporters 4 victims have been pronounced useless on the scene. Two others later succumbed to their accidents, she stated.
Emergency personnel work on the scene of a helicopter crash on the Hudson River close to decrease Manhattan in New York, as seen from Newport, New Jersey, on April 10, 2025.
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Jersey Metropolis Medical Middle, the place the passengers have been transported after the crash, tried as onerous as they may to save lots of the injured, Fulop advised ABC Information.
Fulop stated the town has had considerations concerning the air site visitors over the Hudson River earlier than and is hoping this brings extra consideration to their security considerations.
President Donald Trump referred to as the crash “horrible” on social media and stated the footage of the accident is “horrendous.”
Crews work to take away a crashed helicopter from the Hudson River on April 10, 2025 in Jersey Metropolis, New Jersey.
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez stated in a put up to X that the information was an “unimaginable tragedy.”
Dani Horbiak advised ABC Information she watched the helicopter “fall out of the sky” from her condo window.
“I heard 5 or 6 loud noises that sounded nearly like gunshots within the sky and noticed items fall off, then watched it fall into the river,” she stated.
“It gave the impression of a sonic increase,” one other witness advised New York ABC station WABC. He stated he noticed the “helicopter splitting in two with the rotor flying off.”
ABC Information’ Leah Sarnoff and Erin Murtha contributed to this report.
