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Tourist helicopter crashes in Hudson River in New York City, all 6 on board killed

abcnews.go.com

Summary

A tourist helicopter carrying a Spanish family of five and a pilot crashed into the Hudson River near Lower Manhattan, killing all 6 aboard, including 3 children.

The Bell 206 helicopter plunged into the water inverted, missing its rotor blades, just over 15 minutes after departing the Wall St. Heliport.

Witnesses described loud noises and parts falling off before impact.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating, and Jersey City officials renewed calls for tighter air traffic safety.

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2 helicopter crashes today. I hope we hear the cause of this one
- The video on this one was so weird, like the transmission suddenly and violently locked up, snapping all the prop blades in half.
  
  Where did you see a video?
  
  A Telegram news channel: https://t.me/bnonews/3864
  It's a distant shot and the moment of impact is obscured from view, but you can clearly see chunks of propeller blades spinning through the air while the remnants still attached to the helicopter don't appear to rotate at all.
  Edit: Oh wait, it lands upside down so those are the skids. Duh.
  
  Holy shit, they came down fuckin hard 😮
  
  This article includes a better video of the crash. The body of the craft hits and then you can see the main propeller fall into the water afterwords. One theory is that the main blade somehow separated in flight and actually cut off the tail rotor.

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