56 h. ago Hudson River helicopter crash: Tour company ordered to STOP operations immediately

Agustin Escobar, the CEO of Siemens Spain, and his family were killed after the New York Helicopter chopper plunged from the sky into the Hudson River in New York City

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57 h. ago FAA emergency order grounds NYC helicopter tour company involved in deadly crash

Federal aviation regulators issued an emergency order Monday grounding the helicopter tour company involved in a deadly New York crash after learning it had fired its operations director minutes after he had agreed to suspend flights during the investigation

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68 h. ago New York helicopter tour operator behind fatal crash shuts down

FAA said New York Helicopter Tours will be shuttering ‘immediately’ after accident that killed all six on boardThe company that operated the helicopter that crashed into New York City’s Hudson River on Thursday – killing all six people on board – has been shuttered with immediate effect, the US’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said late on Sunday.New York Helicopter Tours is “shutting down their operations immediately”, the FAA said in a statement on X. The agency added that it would launch a review of the company’s license and safety records in the meantime. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Tour company in Hudson River helicopter crash shuts down operations, FAA confirms

Six people were killed when the helicopter plunged into the Hudson River last week

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3 d. ago Schumer seeks to halt flights for New York helicopter company after deadly Hudson River crash

New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on federal authorities to revoke the operating permits of the helicopter tour company whose sightseeing chopper broke apart in midair and plunged into the Hudson River

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3 d. ago Helicopter that crashed into NYC’s Hudson River was not equipped with flight recorders, NTSB says

Senator Chuck Schumer calling on officials to ground helicopter tour company during investigation

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3 d. ago Helicopter in fatal New York crash lacked flight recorders, officials say

Aircraft crash that killed all six people on board was on its eighth tour flight of the day, federal investigators sayThe helicopter that crashed into New York City’s Hudson River on Thursday – killing all six on board, including three children – lacked flight recorders, said the US’s National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).It was also on its eighth tour flight of the day, having already completed seven, according to federal investigators.Reuters contributed reporting Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Hudson River helicopter crash: NYC chopper 'had mechanical issue months before fatal wreck'

The Bell 206 helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River during a sightseeing tour of New York City had reported an issue with its transmission assembly prior to the crash, according to FAA data

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5 d. ago Deadly crash raises new questions about safety of New York’s helicopter tours

A helicopter crash that killed six in New York City has renewed concerns about the safety of the popular sightseeing excursions

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5 d. ago Pilot of crashed New York helicopter was reportedly low on fuel and headed back to helipad

Search resumes for six killed aboard plane, the unnamed pilot and a Spanish family with children age 11, five and fourThe pilot of a sightseeing helicopter that crashed into New York’s Hudson River on Thursday killing all six people aboard reportedly sent a radio message moments earlier saying he was low on fuel and was heading back to the helipad, its operators said on Friday.Michael Roth, the chief executive of New York Helicopter Tours, described how the pilot never made it back to the downtown Manhattan heliport it took off from about 16 minutes previously on its sixth flight of the day, the Telegraph reported. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Birthday girl's last smile: Final photo shows young child excitedly sitting in helicopter cockpit... 16 minutes before plummeting to her death beside her parents and siblings in Hudson River disaster

The family-of-five had just arrived from Barcelona and embarked on their first day touring the Big Apple, taking a scenic trip in the helicopter as a treat for the young girl and her mother Merce.

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5 d. ago Lawmaker pushes ban on sightseeing helicopter tours after family dies in crash

Brad Hoylman-Sigal argued that chopper crashes could be catastrophic in densely populated areas like Manhattan

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5 d. ago Search resumes for parts of helicopter that ‘fell into pieces’ killing six people in New York

Spanish family including three children age 11, five and four killed in crash along with pilot, who has not yet been namedDivers returned to New York’s Hudson River on Friday morning to salvage sections of a tourist helicopter that crashed on Thursday killing all six people on board, as witnesses spoke of hearing sounds “like gunshots” immediately before the aircraft plummeted.A recovery operation that was suspended overnight began again at first light to retrieve what Jersey City mayor Steve Fulop said were “major parts” of the Bell 206 helicopter that broke apart in midair and plunged into the water. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Harrowing video shows moment tourist helicopter crashed into New York's Hudson River killing six people

Mobile phone footage shows the helicopter falling through the air before crashing upside down in the water

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6 d. ago Wife of New York helicopter boss 'hasn't stopped crying' since Hudson River crash as six dead

Michael Roth, CEO of tour company New York Helicopter which owned the craft, said he and his family have been left "devastated" by the crash.

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6 d. ago Sightseeing tourist helicopter broke apart midair before plunging into Hudson River: Full timeline

Questions remain unanswered after Spanish couple, their three children and pilot die in latest horror US aviation disaster

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6 d. ago Everything we know about the New York helicopter crash that killed all six on board

Six people, including the pilot, have been confirmded dead after the horrific scenes saw a tourist helicopter seemingly fall from the sky into the Hudson River in New York City

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6 d. ago Pilot's haunting final call to base before New York helicopter crashed into Hudson River

Six people, including the pilot, have been confirmded dead after the horrific scenes saw a tourist helicopter seemingly fall from the sky into the Hudson River in New York City

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6 d. ago NYC helicopter crash pilot's chilling radio call to base moments before plunging into Hudson River killing six

The pilot of the tour helicopter that crashed into New York City 's Hudson River and killed a Spanish family of five warned that they were out of fuel just before the tragedy.

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6 d. ago NYC Hudson River helicopter crash victims are identified as tech boss, his wife and three children

The Spanish family of five - including three children - killed on a tour helicopter that crashed into New York City's Hudson river have been identified.

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