What do we know about the deadly helicopter failure

The New York Police Department said the helicopter crashed into the Hudson River and killed all six people aboard.

This is a very active investigation, but here’s what we still know about the deadly disaster:

New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tish gave some details about the deadly helicopter.

She said that the helicopter was ruled by New York helicopters and flew from the city center at the bottom of Manhattan at 14:59 local time (19:59 BST).

According to the popular real -time flight tracking site, Flightradar24, the helicopter was in the air for about 15 minutes.

He started his route, which headed for the Liberty statue and turned north to the George Washington bridge.

Then the helicopter circled back across Hudson on the Baku of New Jersey and plunged into the Hudson River near the pier in Hobacan, New Jersey, at 15:15 local time (20:15 BST).

The helicopter was turned when he got into the water, the silence added.

Police boats assisted in rescue efforts and Bruce Wall, which was near when a disaster had described what he saw.

“He began to fall apart in the air, and then the tail broke away, and then just turned in the air and started falling to the ground,” he said.

There were six people on the helicopter when he went down – including one American pilot.

According to reports, a family of two adults and three children traveled to see New York’s sights.

The immersion teams worked on the bodies to return, and despite the efforts of CPR, all six people were recognized as dead.

Four victims were announced dead at the scene, the other two victims were announced dead in the hospital, officials said.

Mayor of New York Eric Adams did not release any victims, but said the family was from Spain.

Currently, the cause of the disaster is under the investigation, and the early details are vague.

But the NYPD commissioner said the “plane lost” and hit the water “just a few meters from the marina.”

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated that the helicopter was a bell 206.

Both the FA and the National Transport Security Council (NTSB) will be investigated – with the leading NTSB investigation.

The incident on Thursday became the most deadly disaster of the New York helicopter since 2018, according to the New York Times.

In this incident everything Five passengers drowned And only the pilot survived when the excursion helicopter, which flew from the door, got into the East -Chark and rolled over.