Six people died when a tourist helicopter crashed on Thursday (10) into the Hudson River, near Jersey City, New Jersey, opposite Manhattan, New York.
Agustín Escobar, executive director of rail infrastructure at technology company Siemens, his three children and his wife were pulled from the icy river, but none survived, a police official said. The pilot also died.
A video of the accident shows the helicopter falling and hitting the water at high speed. The helicopter was a Bell 206 operated by New York Helicopter, which offers tourist flights for hundreds of dollars per flight. The company’s executive director said he did not know what had happened to the aircraft, which was rented from a company in Louisiana.
The helicopter appeared to have taken off from the heliport in downtown Manhattan. It circled near the Statue of Liberty, flew north to the George Washington Bridge and was heading back south, near the New Jersey coast, when it crashed.
The cause of the accident is under investigation, said New York City Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch.
Small plane crashes on a street in Boca Raton, Florida.
A small plane crashed on a busy street and turned into a ball of fire near Boca Raton Airport, Florida, on Friday morning (11).
Three people were on board the twin-engine Cessna 310 when it crashed, the FAA told CNN. According to local authorities and the Federal Aviation Administration, none survived.
The plane took off from Boca Raton around 10:20 a.m. headed to Tallahassee. It was airborne for about 20 minutes when it crashed.
A driver hit a tree due to plane debris and suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
The causes of the accident are still unknown.
Sources: CNN and ABC News