A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York on Thursday, emergency services, as the local media reported several deaths in the incident.
Many people were pulled from water and taken to a hospital in New Jersey, the NBC4 Broadcaster, citing law enforcement at the scene, said that four had died.
The ABC7 reported three deadly people, although no tolls were yet confirmed to emergency services.
The images showed the landing skids of the chopper from the river next to the West Side Highway of Manhattan, as many boats revolved around the impact site.
The police of both New York and New Jersey, which are in opposite direction of the river from Manhattan, were on the spot with the ships of the fire department.
The NBC4 channel reported that its own helicopter was not closing due to circumstances, with air season under a winding cloud cover in New York on Thursday.
The witnesses told the outlet that the main rotor blades were loose from the aircraft, while the footage on social media broke the pieces of the aircraft and dropped the helicopter on the waterway.
The federal aviation administration said in a statement, “A bell 206 helicopter crashed and is immersed in the Hudson River in New York City.”
“The number of people on the board is currently unknown. The FAA and the National Transport Safety Board will investigate.”
– ‘Heart breaker’ –
The river is a busy shipping channel and a dramatic 2009 incident when an American airways jet safely landed in water. All 155 people on the board ran away with their lives at an event called “Miracle on Hudson”.
The river points are deep like 200 feet (60 meters), and an AFP correspondent noticed what the floating devices posted on the skids of the aircraft appear.
According to the US Geological Survey, the average temperature of the river is 46 ° F (8 ° C).
The Hudson Yard is a heliport close to the development of the yards, but it was not clear whether the aircraft was moving or beyond.
The New York Police Department wrote in a statement, “Due to a helicopter crash in the Hudson River in the area around the West Side Highway and Spring Street, emergency vehicles and traffic are expected to be delayed in the surrounding areas.”
A spokesperson of the fire service said that “we received a call about” 3:17 pm (1917 GMT) “” Water helicopter “, but was unable to give other information.
The New Jersey State Police did not immediately respond to the AFP request for the comment.
There have been about 30 helicopter cracks in New York since 1980, Brooklyn Boro President Mark Levin told reporters, calling for tight sanctions on helicopter traffic in the city.
New York Mayor Eric Adams called the incident “heartbreak”.
“The team is in the Hudson River in a heart breaking and tragic crashed,” he wrote on X.
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