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. The helicopter’s route New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch has given some details about the fatal helicopter ride. According to the popular real-time flight-tracking website Flightradar24, the helicopter was in the air for about 15 minutes. It started its route heading towards the Statue of Liberty and pivoted north towards the George Washington Bridge. Then, the helicopter circled back down the Hudson along the New Jersey side and plunged into the River Hudson near a pier in Hoboken, New Jersey, at 15:15 local time (20:15 BST). The helicopter was upside-down when it hit the water, Tisch added. In total there were six people onboard the helicopter when it went down – including one American pilot. The Spanish family of two adults and three children were taking the helicopter ride to see sights of New York. Their identities have been reported as Agustín Escobar and his wife Mercè Camprubí Montal, who were both executives at Siemens, and their children, aged four, five and 11. The cause of the crash is currently under investigation and early details are vague. But, NYPD Commissioner Tisch has said the “aircraft lost control” and hit the water “just a few feet off the coast of a pier”.
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