Helicopter Crashes In New York: Six people were killed, including three children in a helicopter crash into New York's Hudson River in the United States. Agustin Escobar, a CEO of Rail Infrastructure at Siemens Mobility, was on the helicopter that met mishap into the Hudson River on Thursday. According to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, the tourist helicopter plummeted upside down into the River killing all six people on board, including a Spanish family with three children and the pilot.
Siemens Mobility CEO Killed In Chopper Crash
According to the New York Times, Agustin Escobar, an executive at Germany-based technology company was among those killed in the chopper crash.
New York City police referred requests for confirmation that Escobar was aboard the helicopter to the US Coast Guard. The authorities were yet to publicise the names of victims. The Coast Guard stated that it did not yet have the names of the victims. The private firm Siemens did not immediately respond to the reports about the death of its CEO.
Crash captured on phones
The terrifying moment when the tourist chopper was crashed captered on phones. The video showed what appeared to be a large object plunging into the river, followed seconds later by what appeared to be a helicopter blade.
Afterwards, emergency and police boats were seen circling around a patch of river where the helicopter was submerged, with only what appeared to be the aircraft's landing gear poking above the water's surface.
New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the Bell 206 chopper, operated by New York Helicopter Tours, departed at about 3 p.m. ET (1900 GMT) from a downtown helicopter pad and flew north over the Hudson River.
It turned south when it reached the George Washington Bridge and crashed minutes later, hitting the water upside down and getting submerged near Lower Manhattan at around 3:15 p.m., just off Hoboken, New Jersey, Tisch added.
Divers helped remove the victims from the water. Four were pronounced dead at the scene, while two others were taken to area hospitals where they died.
The airspace around Manhattan is crowded with helicopters offering tourists a bird's-eye view of the sights, with at least two dozen operators listed on tour website Viator. Many of the operators also offer helicopter shuttle services to the area
airports.
(With agencies inputs)