Aviation accident in the US. A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River. “Springist and tragic”
A helicopter has collapsed in the Hudson River in the United States. There was also a child on board. At least one person died, reports the American press.
UPDATE In a Twitter post, the mayor of New York, Eric Adams, qualified the accident as “tearing and tragic.”
According to him, New York Fire and Police departments came to support New Jersey crews.
The mayor advised the inhabitants to avoid the area.
UPDATE The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that the collapsed helicopter is a Bell 206. The agency cannot confirm how many people were on board the aircraft, according to BBC News.
FAA says it will carry out an investigation led by the National Transportation Safety Board, which will also provide additional updates.
The initial news
At least five people were aboard the helicopter, including three children and two adults, reports CBS News, the US BBC partner, noting that a person has been declared dead.
At least two people were removed from the water, CBS sources say, saying that one of them is a child.
An official from Hudson County says that the other person removed from the water is the pilot.
The aircraft crashed into the Hudson river. Photo Capture Facebook Santa Jason Weiler
It is not known, for the moment, what is that state.
News in the course of update
We recall that on January 29, a regional passenger plane of the American Airlines was collided with a Black Hawk helicopter near the Reagan Washington National Airport. 19 bodies were removed from the Potomac river.
In February, one person died, and four others were injured after a private learjet 35A aircraft landed on the American Airport Scotsdale, Arizona and hit a Gulfstream 200 aircraft that was parked on a private property.
