Siemens Executive, Family Identified As Victims Of Hudson River Helicopter Crash

[Lauren Keenan]

SIX PEOPLE DIED WHEN THEIR PASSENGER HELICOPTER CRASHED INTO THE HUDSON RIVER IN NEW YORK CITY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, A BELL 206 HELICOPTER WITH TOUR COMPANY “NEW YORK HELICOPTERS” TOOK OFF FROM THE DOWNTOWN HELIPORT JUST BEFORE 3PM EASTERN TIME.

ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER, THE HELICOPTER LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO THE HUDSON RIVER NEAR THE NEW JERSEY COASTLINE.

DIVERS WITH THE NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT SPRANG INTO ACTION AND WERE ON THE SCENE WITHIN MINUTES.

THE COAST GUARD AND NEW JERSEY AUTHORITIES ALSO COORDINATED WITH THE RESCUE EFFORTS.

ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT LOGS, SIX PEOPLE WERE ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT: A PILOT, TWO ADULTS AND THREE CHILDREN.

NYPD DIVERS PULLED FOUR VICTIMS FROM THE WATER AND FDNY PULLED THE OTHER TWO.

OFFICIALS SAY THE VICTIMS ON BOARD WERE A FAMILY VISITING FROM SPAIN.

UNFORTUNATELY, NO ONE SURVIVED.

“AGAIN, WE ARE PRAYING FOR THE FAMILIES AND OUR GRATITUDE TO THE RESCUERS AND THEIR COURAGE THAT WAS DISPLAYED AND THEIR DEDICATION,” NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS SAID AT THE NEWS CONFERENCE.

OFFICIALS SAY THEY’RE NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED THE HELICOPTER TO LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH INTO THE RIVER.

THE FAA AND NTSB ARE INVESTIGATING.