What we all know concerning the crash of a helicopter within the Hudson River, in New York | EUROtoday

The councilor deplored a “tragic” occasion. “Our thoughts go to the families of people on board, as well as to the six people who were on board the helicopter,” he continued, confirming that the our bodies of all of the victims have been discovered by divers of the rescue providers dispatched on the spot.

The helicopter had taken off from the south of Manhattan to make sure a traditional vacationer flight, flying over the statue of Liberty, earlier than strolling alongside the Hudson River, almost 300 meters above sea degree, as much as the George-Washington bridge, earlier than continuing to the turnover which was to resume all of the passengers to the heliport. Sixteen minutes after his departure, the Bell 206 (named after the machine mannequin) plunged into the water, close to the Côtes du New Jersey.

Several accidents already recognized

According to the American media and Flightradar, a certificates of navigability established in 2016, and legitimate till 2029, was connected to the system in-built 2004. An investigation was opened by the administration of American civil aviation (Federal Aviation Administration, FAA), hand in hand with the National Transportation of Transportation (National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB). According to the primary parts, the flight situations, though cloudy, remained right, the visibility on the bottom being good at fifteen kilometers.

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The Hudson River is a really frequented axis, each at sea and within the air, for vacationer and enterprise journeys. Dozens of helicopters take off on daily basis from completely different helitors within the metropolis surrounding the neighboring channel and East River. Several accidents have already been recognized within the airspace overlooking these rivers, together with a collision between a aircraft and a vacationer helicopter, which in 2009 had left 9 useless. In 2018, the crash of a machine within the East River had claimed the lives of 5 individuals.

The place was additionally the scene of a miracle when, in 2009, a aircraft from the corporate US Airways had landed within the Hudson River with out incident and that the 155 individuals on board have been saved. An episode nicknamed the “Hudson miracle”, and tailored to the cinema by Clint Eastwood.