The fire brigade conducts a rescue operation; The helicopter is almost completely under water. According to the American media, there were to be adults and children on board.
The disaster witness told Eyewitness News that he saw the whole event. “I heard a loud crack … I looked up … and saw a helicopter falling to the side and falling into the water,” said the man.
A recording appeared in social media when the machine falls into the water.
The American Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has not yet referred to information about the accident – writes Reuters.
“From 1977, at least 32 people were killed in New York helicopters' disasters. Recently, it was in 2019, when the helicopter used to transport official passengers hit the roof of a skyscraper in Manhattan in air space with limited access, and the pilot died” – reminds Eyewitness News.
