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Helicopter crashes in New York City’s Hudson River

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Authorities removed the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River killing six people, including a family of Spanish tourists, in the latest aviation disaster in the U.S.
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The helicopter crash on Thursday was the tourism sector’s third fatal one in the past two decades.
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The Escobar family posed for pictures on a chilly helipad jutting into the waters off Manhattan, smiling in front of the helicopter that would soon take them on a sightseeing tour of the city’s famou...
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6 dead as New York City sightseeing helicopter breaks apart midair and crashes into the Hudson River
A New York City sightseeing helicopter has broken apart in midair and crashed into the Hudson River, killing six people.
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A tourist helicopter crashed in New York's Hudson River off lower Manhattan on Thursday afternoon, killing all six people on board. It was the latest in a series of accidents involving choppers operating around the city in recent years.
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The National Transportation Safety Board is calling on witnesses of the Hudson River helicopter crash on Thursday to come forward. A Bell 206 helicopter carrying a family of Spanish tourists crashed into the Hudson River around 3 p.
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Following Thursday’s deadly helicopter crash into the Hudson River, there is some renewed scrutiny towards these types of flights. Prior to Thursday’s incident, there had been three prior deadly helicopter crashes in the last 20 years.
Spanish Family Killed in Helicopter Crash Was Celebrating a Birthday
Agustín Escobar and Mercè Camprubí Montal, both executives from Spain, died on Thursday in a crash near New York City along with their three children and the pilot.
A Siemens exec, his family and their pilot are dead after helicopter crashes into the Hudson River
A family’s afternoon sightseeing excursion above the misty shoreline of Manhattan ended in tragedy Thursday after the helicopter carrying them crashed off the New Jersey shoreline, killing them and the pilot.
What we know about the Hudson helicopter crash
The New York Police Department (NYPD) has said a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River and killed all six people onboard including a family of five from Spain. It is very much an active investigation,
NTSB probes fatal New York helicopter crash that killed six
The National Transportation Safety Board launched a probe on Friday into the crash of a tourist helicopter into New York City's Hudson River the day before that killed all six aboard including three children.
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