A GOP lawmaker has called for ending New York City helicopter tour flights in the wake of Thursday's deadly tragedy on the Hudson River.

Federal aviation regulators issued an emergency order Monday grounding the helicopter tour company involved in a deadly New York crash after learning it had fired its operations director minutes after he had agreed to suspend flights during the

The helicopter that crashed into New York City's Hudson River on Thursday, killing all six on board including three children, lacked flight recorders, the National Transportation Safety Board said. No video or camera recorders have been recovered from the Bell 206 helicopter,