Investigators are still looking for the cause of the accident for a helicopter crash in New York in the Hudson River, in which six people were killed. However, you have to do without flight description data.
After the helicopter crash in the US millions metropolis New York, divers have recovered further wreckage parts from the Hudson River, including the main hull with a cockpit and cabin. The NTSB accident investigation authority announced that the helicopter was not equipped with flight writers. Also, no video or camera recorder from the helicopter had been recovered, which would have recorded information that could be used to investigate the cause of the accident.
Last inspection on March 1st
In addition, the NTSB investigators had met with the helicopter's operator company, New York Helicopter Charter Inc., to examine business records, guidelines, procedures and security management as well as the pilot's experience, the authority said. The last major inspection of the accident helicopter took place on March 1st.
Before the crash, the helicopter completed seven flight flights. The accident occurred during the eighth flight that day.
Investigations last
Three children and three adults were killed in the helicopter crash on Thursday. In addition to the pilot, among the dead are also a manager of the Siemens subsidiary Siemens Mobility and his wife.
It is still unclear how the Bell 206 type was crashed. The helicopter had started after 3 p.m. local time in Downtown Manhattan, flown around the southern tip of Manhattan and then along the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey. At the level of the northern end of Manhattan, he turned around – a few minutes later, the pilot apparently lost control of the helicopter, which plunged into the river near the bank of New Jersey. The investigation continues.
Not the first crash in New York
Helicopter belong to the New York cityscape. They bring rich business people to their next appointment or to their place of residence at the gates of the city. But many tourists are also in the air – despite the cost of several hundred dollars.
Many New Yorkers are not only too loud, but also too dangerous. Again and again there were debates about security in the densely populated metropolis with hundreds of skyscrapers after accidents.
Already in May 2019, a helicopter that was out of control had fallen into the Hudson River. The pilot was able to save itself with a jump into the water. A short time later, a helicopter crashed into a high -rise roof and went up in flames.
