Helicopter crashes in Hudson River
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According to the New York Post, the helicopter was operated by New York Helicopter Tours.
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At least 38 people have died in helicopter accidents in New York City since 1977, when an accident on a skyscraper landing pad led the city to start putting restrictions on where choppers could land....
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One witness said she saw the helicopter "kept spinning in the air" before crashing into the river.
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New footage shows the moment a helicopter lost the tail and propellers as it fell into the Hudson river, killing six people.
At least 38 people have died in helicopter accidents in New York City since 1977. A collision between a plane and a tourist helicopter over the Hudson in 2009 killed nine people, and five died in 2018 when a charter helicopter offering “open door” flights went down into the East River.
A New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair Thursday and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River, killing the pilot and a family of five Spanish tourists in the