New York, April 11: A New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair Thursday and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River, killing the pilot and a family of five Spanish tourists in the latest US aviation disaster, officials said. The victims included Siemens executive Agustin Escobar, his wife, Merce Camprubi Montal, a global manager at an energy technology company, and three children, in addition to the pilot, a person briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press. The person could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.

Photos posted on the helicopter company's website showed the couple and their children smiling as they boarded just before the flight took off. The flight departed a downtown heliport around 3 p.m. and lasted less than 18 minutes. Radar data showed it flew north along the Manhattan skyline and then back south toward the Statue of Liberty. Video of the crash showed parts of the aircraft tumbling through the air into the water near the shoreline of Jersey City, New Jersey.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천NYC Helicopter Crash: Siemens CEO Agustin Escobar, His Wife Merce Camprubi Montal Among 6 Dead After Sightseeing Chopper Crashes Into Hudson River.

Witnesses Describe the Helicopter슬롯사이트™s Plunge Into the Hudson

A witness there, Bruce Wall, said he saw it 슬롯사이트œfalling apart슬롯사이트� in midair, with the tail and propeller coming off. The propeller was still spinning without the helicopter as it fell. Dani Horbiak was at her Jersey City home when she heard what sounded like 슬롯사이트œseveral gunshots in a row, almost, in the air.슬롯사이트� She looked out her window and saw the chopper "splash in several pieces into the river.슬롯사이트� The helicopter was spinning uncontrollably with 슬롯사이트œa bunch of smoke coming out슬롯사이트� before it slammed into the water, said Lesly Camacho, a hostess at a restaurant along the river in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Rescue boats circled the submerged aircraft within minutes of impact near the end of a long maintenance pier for a ventilation tower serving the Holland Tunnel. Recovery crews hoisted the mangled helicopter out of the water just after 8 p.m. using a floating crane. The bodies were also recovered from the river, Mayor Eric Adams said. The flight was operated by New York Helicopters, officials said. No one answered the phones at the company's offices in New York and New Jersey.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천6 Died in Helicopter Crash in Hudson River in New York City, AP Source Says.

A person who answered the phone at the home of the company's owner, Michael Roth, said he declined to comment. Roth told the New York Post he was devastated and had 슬롯사이트œno clue슬롯사이트� why the crash happened. 슬롯사이트œThe only thing I know by watching a video of the helicopter falling down, that the main rotor blades weren't on the helicopter,슬롯사이트� the Post quoted him as saying. He added that he had not seen such a thing happen during his 30 years in the helicopter business, but noted: 슬롯사이트œThese are machines, and they break.슬롯사이트�

Emails seeking comment were sent to attorneys who have represented Roth in the past.

The Federal Aviation Administration identified the helicopter as a Bell 206, a model widely used in commercial and government aviation, including by sightseeing companies, TV news stations and police. It was initially developed for the U.S. Army before being adapted for other uses. Thousands have been manufactured over the years. The National Transportation Safety Board said it would investigate.

Tragedy Strikes Siemens CEO and His Family

Escobar worked for the tech company Siemens for more than 27 years, most recently as global CEO for rail infrastructure at Siemens Mobility, according to his LinkedIn account. In late 2022 he briefly became president and CEO of Siemens Spain. In a post about the position, he thanked his family: 슬롯사이트œmy endless source of energy and happiness, for their unconditional support, love ... and patience.슬롯사이트�

Escobar regularly posted about the importance of sustainability in the rail industry and often travelled internationally for work, including journeying from India to the UK in the past month. He also was vice president of the German Chamber of Commerce for Spain since 2023. Camprubí Montal worked in Barcelona, Spain, for energy technology company Siemens Energy for about seven years as its global commercialization manager, according to her LinkedIn account.

What May Have Caused the Crash

Video of the crash suggested that a 슬롯사이트œcatastrophic mechanical failure슬롯사이트� left the pilot with no chance to save the helicopter, said Justin Green, an aviation lawyer who was a helicopter pilot in the Marine Corps. It is possible the helicopter's main rotors struck the tail boom, breaking it apart and causing the cabin to free fall, Green said. 슬롯사이트œThey were dead as soon as whatever happened happened,슬롯사이트� Green said. 슬롯사이트œThere's no indication they had any control over the craft. No pilot could have prevented that accident once they lost the lifts. It's like a rock falling to the ground. It's heartbreaking.슬롯사이트�

The skies over Manhattan are routinely filled with planes and helicopters, both private recreational aircraft and commercial and tourist flights. Manhattan has several helipads from which business executives and others are whisked to destinations throughout the metropolitan area. At least 38 people have died in helicopter accidents in New York City since 1977. A collision between a plane and a tourist helicopter over the Hudson in 2009 killed nine people, and five died in 2018 when a charter helicopter offering 슬롯사이트œopen door슬롯사이트� flights went down into the East River.

New York Helicopters also owned a Bell 206 that lost power and made an emergency landing on the Hudson during a sightseeing tour in June 2013. The pilot managed to land safely, and he and the passengers 슬롯사이트� a family of four Swedes 슬롯사이트� were uninjured. The National Transportation Safety Board found that a maintenance flub and an engine lubrication anomaly led to the power cutoff. Thursday's crash was the first for a helicopter in the city since one hit the roof of a skyscraper in 2019, killing the pilot.

The accidents 슬롯사이트� and the noise caused by helicopters 슬롯사이트� have repeatedly led some community activists and officials to propose banning or restricting traffic at Manhattan heliports. Other recent crashes and close calls have already left some people worried about the safety of flying in the US. Seven people were killed when a medical transport plane plummeted into a Philadelphia neighborhood in January. That happened two days after an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter collided in midair in Washington in the deadliest US air disaster in a generation.

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