NYC sightseeing helicopter plunges into river, killing 6, including family of Spanish tourists

[K.I.T.T.]

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair Thursday and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River, killing the pilot and a family of five Spanish tourists in the latest U.S. aviation disaster, officials said.

The victims included Siemens executive Agustin Escobar, his wife, Mercè Camprubí Montal, a global manager at an energy technology company, and three children, in addition to the pilot, a person briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press. The person could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.

Photos posted on the helicopter company’s website showed the couple and their children smiling as they boarded just before the flight took off.

The flight departed a downtown heliport around 3 p.m. and lasted less than 18 minutes. Radar data showed it flew north along the Manhattan skyline and then back south toward the Statue of Liberty.

Video of the crash showed parts of the aircraft tumbling through the air into the water near the shoreline of Jersey City, New Jersey.

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Helicopters just don't fall apart...

 

[Jenny]

"Broke apart mid air?" 🤔 Did someone forget to tighten the bolts?

 

[Gone crazy back soon]

Escobar eh? Any relation to Pablo?

 

[K.I.T.T.]

"Broke apart mid air?" 🤔 Did someone forget to tighten the bolts?

Yeah, helicopters receive something like 100 hours of maintenance for every hour of flight time. Somebody knew those people were taking that ride and made sure they didn't come back.

 

[Jenny]

Yeah, helicopters receive something like 100 hours of maintenance for every hour of flight time. Somebody knew those people were taking that ride and made sure they didn't come back.

I think so too. "Siemens Exec Plus Entire Family Taken Out" should be the headline. Poor lil kiddos.

 

[K.I.T.T.]

Escobar eh? Any relation to Pablo?

Probably like first cousin's stepfather's neighbor's best friend's grandmother's uncle's plumber.

 

[hedgerow]

i took a helicopter ride, the liftoff was incredible

 

[D.O.A.]

helicopters receive something like 100 hours of maintenance for every hour of flight time

At least 87 of those billed hours are a guy looking around for a 10mm socket extension or reading helicopter forums about the best oil to use

 

[K.I.T.T.]

At least 87 of those billed hours are a guy looking around for a 10mm socket extension or reading helicopter forums about the best oil to use

You really think those guys can read?!?

 

[D.O.A.]

You really think those guys can read?!?

All you have to do is tighten up some blade bolts, put some oil on it and spin the blades with your hand a couple times and she's good to go. It's a fucking upside down lawnmower anyone can have a crack at that shit

 

[Str8shooter]

@chewbok
You still here man?

 

[Dark_Voyeur]

He'll pay his drug debt next time maybe ? Lol

 

[Graziani]

Rich family

 

[tonyninetoes]

Another Billionaire hit job ! All the successors to his throne were taken out with him. Him, his wife, his 3 children.

 

[Fäthër Cörpsë]

lol Escobar of Spain, not Colombia.

 

[K.I.T.T.]

Another Billionaire hit job ! All the successors to his throne were taken out with him. Him, his wife, his 3 children.

I'm in total agreement. This doesn't seem accidental. Helicopters are usually much safer than airplanes because of the multiple levels of mechanical redundancy incorporated into their design and maintenance. Anything's possible and it very well could be entirely accidental, but it sure doesn't seemt hat way.

 

[RaN865]

Damn… poor kids

 

[Donkeyd]

Everything broke off in mid air! Why I've never been in a helicopter.

 

[Chief Queef]

I was wrong. I apologize to all the black, female DEI pilots. This was a black, female DEI maintenance crew...

 

[Graziani]

Everything broke off in mid air! Why I've never been in a helicopter.
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