Deadly Helicopter Crash in the Hudson River

A family of five and the pilot aboard a Bell 206L-4 LongRanger IV helicopter crashed in the Hudson River, NY. Agustin Escobar, his wife, Merce Camprubi Montal, their three children ages 4, 5, and 11 along with an unidentified pilot were on board.

The family was visiting from Spain and was celebrating one of their child’s birthdays on the sightseeing helicopter tour. The helicopter took off at 2:59 p.m. from Manhattan’s downtown heliport and was taking the usual sightseeing route; along the Hudson River, circling the Statue of Liberty, the George Washington Bridge, and was turning along the New Jersey Shoreline when it lost control. Multiple 911 calls came in at 3:17 p.m. with reports of a crash near Pier A Park in Hoboken, NJ.

Four of the six victims were pronounced dead on the scene, and two children were taken to Jersey City Medical Center, but later succumbed to their injuries and pronounced dead as well.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

By - FZ