On Thursday afternoon, new details have emerged about the final moments of the helicopter drowned in the Hudson River in Jersey City, New Jersey.
According to Michael Roth, CEO of New York Helicopter Tour, the pilot of the aircraft dumped before the helicopter crashed into chili water, allegedly described the need to re -fuel the minutes, whose company operated the helicopter.
“(Pilot) said that he was descending and needed fuel, and he should have taken about three minutes to come, but after 20 minutes, he did not come,” Roth Told telegraph,
All six people on the board – including five members of the same family – did not survive.
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A helicopter appears floating after crashed in the Hudson River near Lower Manhattan on April 10, 2025 in New York City. All six people died in the accident. (Mustafa Basim/Anadolu Getty Image)
Roth told The New York Post, “The only thing I know that a video of the helicopter falls down, that the main rotor blades were not on the helicopter.” “I have not seen anything in my 30 years that is in business in the helicopter business. The only thing I can guess – I found no clue – it was that it was either a bird strike or the main rotor blade failed. I have no clue. I don’t know.”
Five passengers have been identified as Siemens Executive Agustin Escobar, Merce Kamprubi Montal, Global Manager of an Energy Technology Company and three young children of the doubles, According to Associated Press.
The identity of the pilot was not released until Friday morning.
Pictures posted on the website of the helicopter operator showed the family smiling inside the aircraft, before it was closed.
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File photo of victims of helicopter crash in New York City on Thursday, April 10, 2025. A five -killed family killed in the tragedy included Siemen’s executive Agustin Escobar, his wife, Marse Camprubi Montal, a global manager and three children at an energy technology company. The pilot was also killed. (New York Helicopter Tours, LLC)
On Thursday, April 10, 2025, the family depicted a helicopter before crashing in the Hudson River in New York City. (New York Helicopter Tours, LLC)
The flight dispatched the city Manhattan Haleport at around 3 pm and was in the air for about 18 minutes. The biosander footage of the accident shows the rotor of the aircraft separate from the cabin as it falls rapidly from the air before the Jersey City collides with the water.
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tish said during a news conference on Thursday that officials about a helicopter crash in Hudson River started receiving 911 calls about a helicopter crash in Hudson River. Eyewitnesses saw the helicopter moving uncontrollably before getting into the water.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams confirmed that the family was visiting Spain, saying that it was “heartbreaking” that a family traveling in the city fell victim to such tragic accident.
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A timeline showing the incidents of a sick helicopter carrying five tourists and a pilot, which was all killed when the aircraft crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Fox News)
Adams said, “We had over 65 million people visiting our city last year, and just think about it, you are on a holiday, you are with your family, you want to experience New York from the sky, and something happens. It is a heartbreaking to everyone.”
Emergency personnel rushed to the spot within minutes, including the divers of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) and New York City Police (NYPD). NYPD drivers pulled four people from the rubble, while according to TISCH, FDNY recovered two additional people.
Earlier, the respondents attempted life efforts at a nearby ghat, but four people were declared dead on the spot and others were declared dead in local hospitals.
According to Fox Weather, the water temperature in the Hudson River was in the mid -40s at the time of the accident.
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A crane vessel raises the debris of a helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River in Jersey City, New Jersey on Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
The US Coast Guard said in a statement, “Coast Guards and Army Corps continue to support NTSB in their ongoing investigation and efforts to recover debris.
According to Army Corps of Engineers, the helicopter was launched hours later.
The incident occurred from Manhattan and near the Holland tunnel at a distance of less than a mile, where 15.8 million vehicles travel between New York City and New Jersey per year. Soon after the accident, the Coast Guard implemented a security area around the Holland Tunnel and Hudson River, which remained effective until 10 pm on Thursday.
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Roth and New York Helicopter Tours did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s remarks.
The incident was the first helicopter accident that the city has seen since 2019, an aircraft hit the roof of a skyscraper, killing the pilot.
“Our hearts go out to the families of those who were on the ship,” Adams said. “This is almost reminiscent of the aircraft going here on the Hudson River. Thank God that we still did not lose any life. It is still fresh and still new, investigation is on, and … family members, we raise them in prayer.”
Alexandra Coach and Associated Press of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
