Six people died on Thursday night, including five Spaniards of the same family, after a helicopter will collapse on the waters of the Hudson River in New York.
The deceased are Agustín Escobar, director of Siemens Mobility, his wife- also executive of this company- and his three children. Escobar’s identity was confirmed by the security forces to the newspaper The New York Times.
Une Famille de Cinq Touristes Espagnols, Dont Trois Enfants, et #Newyork DANS le Crash d’Ar Hellicoptère Dans Le Fleuve #HudsonNouvel Acident Mortel Sur Fond of Traffic Incessant Dans Les Airs de la Mégapole pic.twitter.com/xytnd8buk0
– France 24 Français (@France24_FR) April 11, 2025
The helicopter pilot also died in the accident, as confirmed by the mayor of the city, Eric Adams.
The injured helicopter, a Bell 206, belonged to a tourist company called New York Helicopter Tours, which offers New York panoramic visits.
He had 15 minutes of flight and 6 kilometers traveled when he injured, according to the tracking of the aircraft in Flight Radar. He crashed at 15:15 local time in a day with very low temperatures.
The loud fall of the helicopter mobilized divers in the Fire Department, as well as the New York Police and neighboring New Jersey, who took the victims out of the river. Everything happened in seconds, said face -to -face witnesses.
We Can Sadly Confirm there were Six Deaths in the Hudson River Helicopter Crash – Three Adults and Three Children.
The Crash is under investigation, and Our Teams Will Assist With All Efforts To Understand What Happened. pic.twitter.com/yg9vcgkqly
– Major Eric Adams (@nycmayor) April 10, 2025
The executive director of the tourist company New York Helicopter Tours, Michael Roth, referred to local media to be “devastated” and added: “I have not seen anything like that in the 30 years that I have been in the helicopter business.”
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, expressed his regret for the “terrible accident” of the helicopter in New York. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed that it is investigating the situation together with the National Transport Security Board, according to CNN.
The cause of the accident is being investigated by the Board, which will review the documentation about all the work that had been done in the aircraft. This will include compliance with the company with two aircraft guidelines recently issued by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Due to the number of victims, this would be the worst accident of this type since 2018, when five of the six occupants of a helicopter who had taken off from New Jersey and fell to the icy waters of the East River, the other river that bathes Manhattan, according to the agency, according to the agency, according to the agency EFE.
At least 32 people have died in helicopter accidents in New York since 1977; The most recent in 2019, when an aircraft used for executive trips collided with the roof of a Manhattan skyscraper in a restricted airspace.
