Six Killed After Passenger helicopter crashes in New York’s Hudson River

Six people – including three children – are dead after a passenger helicopter crashed into the Hudson River, the CNN quoting New York City Mayor Eric Adams said.

The passengers included a pilot and a family visiting from Spain, he said.

At 3:17 p.m., multiple 911 calls reported a helicopter crash in the Hudson River near the New Jersey coastline at Pier A Park in Hoboken, New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. When first responders arrived, police pulled four people out of the water and FDNY pulled out two people, she said.

Four victims were declared dead on scene while an additional two people were taken to local hospitals, where they were declared dead, Tisch said. The helicopter, operated by the tour company New York Helicopter Charter, is currently submerged in the river.
The helicopter took off from the downtown Manhattan heliport at 2:59 p.m., where it flew south before turning to fly north along the Manhattan shoreline, up the Hudson River, Tisch said. At 3:08 p.m., the helicopter reached the George Washington Bridge and then turned to fly south along the New Jersey shoreline, where shortly after it lost control, she said.