New York Helicopter Excursions, the operator of the helicopter that crashed into New York Metropolis’s Hudson River on Thursday, April 10, killing a Spanish household of 5 and the pilot, is shutting down instantly, in accordance with the USA Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The FAA introduced Sunday that New York Helicopter Excursions, which operated the Bell 206 chopper, “is shutting down their operations instantly.” The company additionally stated it could start a right away assessment of the corporate’s license and security file.
New York Helicopter Excursions is “shutting down their operations instantly,” the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated in a press release posted on social media platform X on Sunday.
“The FAA will probably be launching a right away assessment of the tour operator’s license and security file,” the aviation regulator stated.
The Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB) is investigating the reason for the helicopter crash, which occurred throughout a sightseeing flight over Manhattan.
Within the tragic incident, a senior enterprise govt, his spouse and three kids have been killed together with the pilot when the chopper operated by New York Helicopter Excursions malfunctioned and plunged into the Hudson River shortly after take off.
The operator described the tour because the “final sightseeing tour of New York Metropolis.”
Jersey Metropolis officers informed AFP that the potential causes of the crash embrace a drone collision, chicken strike or mechanical failure.
No flight recorder
On Saturday, the NTSB stated the helicopter didn’t have any flight recorders, and no video or information recording gear had captured the incident.
Investigators stated NYPD divers are persevering with to seek for elements of the helicopter, together with the primary rotor, gearbox, tail rotor and the tail growth.
A video circulating on social media seems to point out the fuselage apparently detaching from the rotor mid-air.
The crash has ignited considerations over aviation security within the US, coming simply months after a string of lethal crashes, together with the collision between a army helicopter and a passenger jet in Washington in January that claimed 67 lives.
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