The six people on board were killed when a helicopter immersed themselves in the Hudson River for low Manhattan in New York City on Thursday afternoon, confirmed the mayor of Jersey City, Steven Fulop, ABC News.
The helicopter took a pilot, two adults and three children, according to sources of application of the law. Family members were tourists from Spain, fountains said.
On this video screen, a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River on April 10, 2025 in New York.
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The first to respond walked through dock 40, on April 10, 2025, in New York, where a helicopter fell on the Hudson River in Jersey City, NJ
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The helicopter was in the air around Manhattan for about 15 minutes before the accident. The video showed that the helicopter immersed himself in the water without a tail rotor or a blade of the main rotor.
Jersey City Medical Center, where passengers were transported after the accident, tried as stronger, said Mayor Fulop.
Dani Horbiak told ABC News that he saw the helicopter “fall from the sky” from the window of his apartment.
“I heard five or six strong noises that sounded almost like shots in the sky and I saw that the pieces fell, then I saw him fall into the river,” he said.
Rescue workers and emergency staff work at the scene of a helicopter accident on the Hudson River, near Lower Manhattan in New York, on April 10, 2025.
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On this video screen, the first to respond run to the scene of a helicopter accident on the Hudson River on April 10, 2025 in New York.
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“He was walking and the helicopter fell at an angle of 45 degrees,” Eric Campoverde told ABC News. “Great splash, I was very afraid.”
“It sounded like a sononic boom,” said a witness New York Wabc ABC Station. He said he saw the “helicopter divided into two with the rotor flying.”
On this video screen, the first to respond run to the scene of a helicopter accident on the Hudson River on April 10, 2025 in New York.
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Another witness told Wabc: “A propeller broke into pieces.”
The helicopter, identified by the Federal Aviation Administration as Bell 206 helicopter, was on his sixth flight of the day. It was found upside down in the 50 degree water when rescuers arrived at the scene, which was closer to the New Jersey side of the Hudson River, according to the sources.
The Jersey City Police Department is taking the investigation initiative since the helicopter crashed on the Jersey City river side, Fulop said Thursday on Thursday.
Fulop said the city has had concerns about air traffic about Hudson before and expects this to provide more attention to its security concerns.
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Leah Sarnoff and Erin Murtha of ABC News contributed to this report.
