The doomed helicopter that plunged into the Hudson River Thursday, killing its pilot and 5 passengers, had no flight recorders geared up, federal officers stated.
The Bell 206 L-4 helicopter, operated by New York Helicopter in Manhattan, was on its eighth flight of the day when it dropped from the sky throughout a sightseeing tour Thursday afternoon, based on the Nationwide Transportation Security Board.
Investigators have recovered the helicopter’s major fuselage, together with its cockpit and cabin, the ahead portion of its tail growth, its horizontal stabilizer finlets and its vertical fin, the NTSB introduced Saturday evening.
A few of these elements will likely be despatched to the NTSB laboratories in Washington, officers stated.
NYPD divers are nonetheless searching for the chopper’s major rotor, major gear field, tail rotor and a big portion of its tail growth.
NTSB investigator documenting the wreckage recovered from the Bell 206 L-4 helicopter that crashed into Hudson River on April 10 close to Jersey Metropolis, New Jersey , photographed on April 11, 2025. (Nationwide Transportation Security Board)
NTSB investigator documenting the wreckage recovered from the Bell 206 L-4 helicopter that crashed into Hudson River on April 10 close to Jersey Metropolis, New Jersey , photographed on April 11, 2025. (Nationwide Transportation Security Board)
New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams (L) listens as Joan Camprubi, brother of mother killed on the crash, speaks throughout a press convention following a helicopter crash within the Hudson River at Pier 40, in New York Metropolis, on April 12, 2025. The Spanish household killed when a New York sightseeing helicopter plunged into the Hudson River, leaving no survivors, have been celebrating a birthday, an area official stated on April 11, 2025, as divers scoured for wreckage. (Photograph by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP through Getty Pictures)
Agustin Escobar, his spouse, Merce Camprubi Montal, with two of their three kids are pictured in an undated picture. The household was killed in a helicopter crash on Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Fb)
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The mangled wreckage of a helicopter is lifted from the Hudson River in Jersey Metropolis, New Jersey on Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Gardiner Anderson / New York Each day Information)
A helicopter broke aside in midair and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront Thursday, April, 10, 2025, killing six folks on board. (Bruce Wall through AP)
A helicopter is seen submerged within the Hudson River in Jersey Metropolis, New Jersey after it crashed on Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Gardiner Anderson / New York Each day Information)
Particles floats within the water on the scene the place a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Jersey Metropolis, N.J. (AP Photograph/Seth Wenig)
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NTSB investigator documenting the wreckage recovered from the Bell 206 L-4 helicopter that crashed into Hudson River on April 10 close to Jersey Metropolis, New Jersey , photographed on April 11, 2025. (Nationwide Transportation Security Board)
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Up to now, investigators have discovered no onboard cameras or video recorders and the helicopter’s avionics didn’t report any helpful data, NTSB officers stated. The helicopter’s final inspection was on March 1.
Spanish vacationers Agustin Escobar, the CEO of Rail Infrastructure at Siemens Mobility, his spouse Merce Camprubi Montal, and their three younger kids all died within the crash, as did pilot Sean Johnson, after items of the helicopter, together with the rotor, appeared to interrupt off in mid-air.
The helicopter overturned and fell from the sky, hitting the river the other way up.
At the very least 38 folks have died in helicopter accidents in New York Metropolis since 1977.
