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The New York Police Administration (NYPD) said that a helicopter crashed on the Hudson River and killed all six people on board, including a family of five Spain.
It is a largely active investigation, but here what we know so far about the deadly accident:
Helicopter
New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tich gave some details about the riding of deadly helicopters.
She said that the helicopter was run by helicopters in New York and launched from the center of Skyport on the bottom of Manhattan at 14:59 local time (19:59 GMT).
According to the famous flying tracking site Flightradar24, the helicopter was in the air for about 15 minutes.

Its path started heading towards the statue of freedom and it was axis north towards the George Washington Bridge.
After that, the helicopter flew in Hudson along the New Jersey side and decreased in the Hudson River near a berth in Hobokin, New Jersey, at 15:15 local time (20:15 amputation).
Tish added that the helicopter was upside down when it hit the water.
Police boats helped rescue efforts, described Bruce Wall, who was close when the accident occurred, what he saw.
“I started to collapse in the air, then the tail came out and then turned in the air and started falling on the ground,” he said.
Who was on the helicopter?
In total there were six people on board the helicopter when it fell – including one American pilot.
According to reports, the Spanish family of two adults and three children were taking a helicopter to see scenes in New York.
Diving teams worked to recover the bodies and despite the efforts of CPR, all six people were announced.
Officials said that four victims were announced at the scene, and the death of the other two victims was announced at the area hospital.
New York City mayor Eric Adams did not issue any names for the victims.
What caused the accident?
The cause of the accident is currently under investigation and the early details are mysterious.
But the NYPD Commissioner Tayish said that “the plane lost control” and hit the water “a few feet from the sidewalk coast.”
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that the helicopter was 206 bell.
The FAA and the National Transport Safety Council (NTSB) will investigate – with the NTSB leadership.
On Thursday, an accident was the most shattering of a bloody helicopter in New York City since at least 2018, according to the New York Times.
In this incident, everything Five passengers drowned Only the pilot survived when a helicopter fell to see the city’s landmarks that were flying with its doors in the eastern river and turned.
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