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.
There’s video of blades falling down separately from the helicopter falling without blades on
That’s not good. It’s my understanding that the blades are typically meant to stay attached.
there was a comedy bit that I can’t seem to find now but a punchline of it was “I’m not a pilot, but when I see a helicopter in a tree I know somebody fucked up”
Steve Hofstetter is the comedian
Okay, got my guilty laugh of the day out of the way. Thanks.
Just a hunch