Identification of six victims of Deadly helicopter crash in Hudson River It is known, as the aircraft has been removed from the water between New York and New Jersey.
When a family of five coming from Spain was killed Something frightening went wrong 18 minutes in his visit to sightseeing on Thursday afternoon. They are Agustin Escobar Canadas, 49, Marke Commeru Montal, 39, Victor Escobar Commervy, 4, Mercedes Escobar Compruvy, 9, and a still unknown child.
The German industrial group Siemens first recognized Escobar Canadas as an executive of a company, and said he died with his wife and his three young children.
In the moments before riding on the helicopter, the family posed for a picture on the helipad.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that the family was visiting the city on Friday to celebrate the birthday of children.
“So it is probably part of the general tourist attraction of looking at the city from Skyline,” the mayor said in an interview with Fox 5 New York. “But this is just a real unfortunate situation. And our heart leaves for family members.”
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop said that Escobar was in the field of Canadas business and his family flew to expand the journey.
Phulop said, “Arriving on Sunday, visiting some Siemens institutions in Pittsburgh, he told us, and then he extended the journey with the family a few days ago for the birthday part of the journey.”
He said that mother was also celebrating her 40th birthday.
“They were here for the birthday journey for the mother. Her birthday is really, I understand, but it was a journey that she was doing now. It was one of the child’s birthday (Friday),” Fulop said.
According to LinkedIn, Escobar Canadas worked for more than 27 years for Siemens, recently as a global CEO for rail infrastructure. His wife worked in a separate division of the same company as a global manager.
Siemens issued a statement overnight, “We are very sad about the tragic helicopter crash, in which Agustin Escobar and his family lost their lives. Our heartfelt condolences go out for all their loved ones.”
On social media, family members posted a message in Spanish, which reads in part, “We want to express our deepest gratitude to the large -scale criticism of sensations and support received in recent hours. There are no words to tell what we are experiencing, nor to express gratitude for the love we have received.”
Family relatives also shared in their statement that they have started the process of bringing the bodies back to Spain and have planned to release details about the funeral arrangements in the coming days.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanches also reacted to the news of the accident on social media, writing in Spanish, “I share in this heart -wrenching time in the grief of the loved ones of the victims.”
Spain’s consulate at New York and Hotel, where the family was making less comments to both.
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His pilot was identified as 36 -year -old Seenakis Carryl Johnson, who was killed. He was a naval veteran who served from 2006 to 2018.
In a statement, a Navy spokesperson said, “We express our deep condolences to the people affected by this tragedy, including the loved ones of our former Shipmet.”
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In the last summer, he worked as a co-pilot for an aerial firefighting operation.
Earl Waters Johnson had boss and mentor, but also a dear friend.
“He was earlier away from an incredible friend. He was a really good pilot skill for his talk in his career, where he was for his experience level, he was definitely above average and most importantly that he would help anyone,” the Waters said.
Johnson’s heart -breaking father also posted a simple message on Facebook: “I love you son.”
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Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating whether it went wrong.
NTSB President Jennifer Homendi said, “I want to express our deep condolences to the people who lost loved ones in this sad incident.”
The flight left from the Wall Street Heliport at 3 pm and radar data suggests that the manhattan flew north with the horizon, then returned to the south statue towards the south.
Officials in New York City say that the helicopter went out of control after control after the river’s New Jersey before the river’s New Jersey.
“The helicopter reached the George Washington Bridge and then turned again to fly south with the New Jersey coastline. Soon after, the aircraft lost control and hit water just a few feet from the coast of Pear A Park in Hobocaine,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tish said,
Cellphone video captured the journey of reverse sightseeing in the river. Eyewitnesses said that the rotor blades of the aircraft had already separated until hitting the water.
“We take thousands of tourist flights, there are many flights that are here, and helicopters are safe,” said Mayor Eric Adams.
US Transport Secretary Sean Dafi posted on social media that the helicopter was not getting the support of air traffic at the time as it was in a special flight rule area, but before the accident it received support from Lagardia Airport.
Bell 206 helicopters are owned by the meridian helicopters in Louisiana, which sells, lease and renewed to helicopters. It was operated by the New York helicopter, which has been in business for 28 years.
Michael Roth, CEO of New York Helicopter, said, “I don’t know how it went down. The only thing I can tell you, we have destroyed, my wife has not stopped crying since this afternoon. We are a small company.” “I am a father and a grandfather, and we are just destroyed.”
NTSB record shows a aircraft owned by another New York helicopter An emergency landing on Hudson in 2013The pilot managed to land safely and a family of passengers, Swedes was not injured.
The agency found a maintenance issue and the engine lubrication discrepancy led the power cutoff in that incident.
And Ellis Gainer contributed to this report.
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