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New details have emerged regarding the last moments of a helicopter that entered the Hudson River in Jersey City, New Jersey, Thursday afternoon.
Pilot a convicted aircraft He allegedly worked on the need to turn a few minutes before the helicopter crashed into cold waters, said New York Executive Director Helicopter Tour Michael Roth, whose company was managed by a helicopter.
“[The pilot] He called that he had landed and needed fuel, and it took him about three minutes to arrive, but 20 minutes later he did not arrive, “Roth said the Telegraph.
All six people on board – including five members of the same family – did not survive.
6 dead, including three children, after a helicopter splash in the Hudson River
The helicopter is seen floating after crashing into the Hudson River near Donji Manhattan on April 10, 2025 in New York. All six people on board were killed in a collision. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolo via Getty Images)
“The only thing I know by watching a video of the helicopter falls, that the main rotor knives were not on a helicopter,” Roth said New York Post. “I have not seen anything like this in my 30 years of business, in business with a helicopter. The only thing I could hit – I didn’t get a idea – it was either a bird strike or the main rotor knives failed. I have no idea. I don’t know.”
Five passengers were identified as the Siemens CEO Agustin Escobar, Mercé Camprubi Montal, a global manager of the Energy Technology and three children, a married couple, a couple, According to Associated Press.
The pilot’s identity has not been released from Friday morning.
Photos posted on the helicopter operator’s website showed a family that laughed at the plane a few moments before it flew.
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File Photos of helicopters’ casualties in New York, on Thursday, April 10, 2025. The family of five killed tragedy was the Siemens CEO Agustin Escobar, his wife, Mercè Camprubí Montal, a global manager at the energy technology company and three children. The pilot was also killed. (New York Helicopter Tours, LLC)
The family shown on the helicopter board before Thursday, April 10, 2025, she collapsed into the Hudson River in New York. (New York Helicopter Tours, LLC)
The flight went to Central Manhattan Heliport at about 3pm and was in the air for about 18 minutes. The footage of the collision of the collision shows that the aircraft rotor is separated from the cabin as it quickly collapses through the air before hitting the water near Jersey City.
Authorities started receiving 911 calls As for the collision of a helicopter in Rijeka, Hudson around 3:17 pm, said New Yorka Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch during a press conference on Thursday. The watches reported that the helicopter was uncontrollably spinning a helicopter before landing in the water.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams confirmed that the family was visiting Spain, adding that it was “hearty”, which is a family traveling to the city to the victims of such a tragic accident.
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A time line showing the events of an unfortunate helicopter carrying five tourists and pilots all killed when the aircraft crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Fox News)
“We had over 65 million people who visited our city last year, and just think about, you are on vacation, you are with your family, you want to experience New York from the sky, and that’s how something like that is happening. It’s hearty,” Adams said, partly.
The urgent staff arrived at the scene within a few minutes, including divers from New York Fire Department (FDNY) and the New York Police Directorate (NYPD). Nypd drivers pulled four people out of the wreck, while FDNY recovered two additional persons, Tisch states.
The first respondents tried to rescue efforts at the neighboring dock, but four people were declared dead at the scene and the others were declared dead in local hospitals.
The water temperature in the Hudson River at the time of the collision was in the mid-40s, according to Fox Weather.
The crane vessel raises the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River in Jersey City, New Jersey on Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
“The Coast Guard and the Military Corps, together with local partners, continue to support the NTSB in their current investigation and efforts to recover debris,” the US Coast Guard said.
The helicopter was saved hours later, according to the Army Engineering Corps.
The incident happened less than a mileage from Manhattan and in the vicinity of the Netherlands, where it travels 15.8 million vehicles between New York City and New Jersey a year. Immediately after the collision, the Coast Guard spent the security zone around the Holland tunnel and the Hudson River, which remained in force until Thursday at 10 pm.
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Roth and New York Helicopter Tours did not immediately respond to the Fox News Digital request for comment.
The incident was the first drop of a helicopter to see the city since 2019, after The aircraft hit the roof From the skyscraper, killing the pilot.
“Our hearts come out to the families of those who were on board,” Adams said. “Almost reminiscent of a plane descending here on the Hudson River. Thank God we haven’t lost our lives at the time. It is still fresh and still new, the investigation is ongoing, and … family members, we raise them in prayer.”
The Fox News Digital, Alexandra Koch and Associated Press have contributed to this report.
