Dive teams are returning to the Hudson River today to try and recover the final pieces of the debris from Thursday’s deadly helicopter crash.
Experts say one of the missing parts may be the key to find out what the helicopter is due to the visit to sightseeing To submerge in water After flying from New York City, all six people died.
Investigation may be overcome on recovery of missing helicopter parts
Investigation in deadly helicopter crash Will take timeEven after the missing parts were found, Jennifer Homendi, Chairman of the National Transport Safety Board said.
The dive crew worked at night on Friday, as more debris was drawn from marki water. But they are still seeing, “main rotor, main transmission, roof structure and tail structure,” Homendi said during A. Press conference,
The main body of the helicopter landed in about 5 feet deep water, but some parts must have fallen where it is 75 feet deep and the visibility is low, Hamendi said.
Search Main rotor According to aviation experts, the key to probe can be.
“If you raise the rotor head, you can see the bolt on it and you can tell if they have gone away before the aircraft became a hit,” the Captain who is Farell, with the Regulation Marine Group, Captain Joe Fareel said.
So far, Jersey City, New Jersey has more questions than the answer after going down into the river.
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop said, “Three working principles. There was a discussion of birds, drone discussion and mechanical failure discussion.”
What did the initial inquiry get
Officials said the helicopter was taking Siemens executive Agustin Escobar Canadas and his family On Thursday afternoon on a tour of New York City Skyline.
An preliminary investigation states that a rotor could break, causing the helicopter to shake uncontrollably before crashing into the water.
Escobar Canadas, 49, Mercè Campruví Montal, 39, Victor Escobar Campruvi, 4, Mercedes Escobar Campruvi, 9, and a still unidentified child was killed with pilot, 36 year old scene JohnsonAn US Navy veterans.
“We have log books for the pilot. The pilot conducted a commercial pilot certificate with a rotor craft and instrument rating,” Homendi said.
Associated Press report has killed 38 people in helicopter crash in New York City since 1977.
New York City Councilman Christopher Marte said, “The FAA really needs to take steps to provide additional inspections at this time. (NTSB) had a report from (NTSB) that these specific helicopters have a flaws where they do not need the same type of regulation of other revenue-generated airplanes.”
NTSB said that it would not speculate what the accident happened.
Mark Prasin contributed to this report.