The tourist helicopter broke apart in the middle of the air

A sightseeing helicopter with a Spanish family of five years broke out in three sections in the middle of the air before falling into the New York City in New York Hudson River last month. According to a preliminary report, which was published by the National Transportation Safety Board on May 7th. By the USA. What should be a routine aviation through the city.

Witnesses near the crash site stated that several loud “pony” came from the aircraft before it broke out catastrophically and falling down into the water. Surveillance material caught the terrible moment when the helicopter divided into three different sections: the fuselage that contained the engine, the main shooting system with both sounds and the tail boom with the rear rotor. All six people on board the helicopter died in the accident, including the pilot and a family from Barcelona, ​​Spain.

The last moments of the helicopter show troubling details

The NTSB report contains a detailed timeline of the flight who is doomed to fail. After the start “the helicopter flew a tear pattern south of the Statue of Liberty before driving along the east side of the Hudson River to the north. The plane then flew past the George Washington Bridge, made a turnaround and drove south along the New Jersey side of the river. When it approached the ventilation turmoil near Jersey City, the helicopter flew at a height of 625 to 650 feet.

The crash called for the life of Agustín Escobar, 49, global CEO of Rail Infrastructure at Siemens Mobility; His wife Mercè Camprubí Montal, 39, who worked for Siemens Energy; And her three children: Victor, 4, Mercedes (8) and Agustin, 10th Officials said Escobar was in the shop in New York, and his family had come in to meet him. Tragically, Mercedes would have celebrated her ninth birthday the day after the crash.

Pilot background and aircraft history examined

The pilot, which was identified as Sankese Johnson, a 36-year-old former Navy Seal, who received his commercial pilot license in 2023, had registered 790 hours of overall flight. CNN reports that Johnson worked a “10 -day -Zeit -Zeit -Zeit -Zeit -Zeit -Zeitplans”, and the fatal flight occurred during his first day after his break. It was also his eighth tour of the day with the same helicopter. The helicopter had undergone its latest inspection at the end of February and operated for about 50 hours since this inspection.

The preliminary report of the NTSB does not conclude what caused the crash. A complete examination usually takes about a year or more until a likely cause is determined and a final report is published. In the meantime, debris from the helicopter were immersed in several areas of the river and on its surface, with some pieces being recovered from a roof near the hoboken terminal in New Jersey.