Six people died in another tragic helicopter crash after the helicopter turned off control and hit the Hudson River in local time on Thursday. At the time of the accident, there were three children on board the helicopter and three adults, all of whom were killed.
He added a scary incident to a long list of victims in helicopter accidents that New York City has seen over the last 48 years.
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At least 32 people have died in Helicopter accidents in NYC since 1977, according to The Associated Press. Here’s a look:
1977: Sikorsky S-61L HelicopterCrash
In 1977 there was a tragic accident at the top of the building Pan Am (now the MetLife building for 200 Park Avenue) when the landing equipment of the Sikorsky S-61L helicopter did not work when passengers were preparing to board. The plane leaned on the side and the rotary rotor blades struck and killed four people, including film director Michael Findlay, and injured others. The fragment of the broken blade threw himself on the street down, killed one pedestrian and injured the other.
1985: Dauphin 360C helicopter crash
Eight years later, in 1985, the Dauphin 360C helicopter operated by the New York-Society Helicopter, based in Garden City, Long Island-advertising in East River, while carrying six passengers. One man, a forty -year -old entrepreneur from West Germany, was killed. The remaining five passengers and two crew members survived.
1986: Reporter dies in the middle of the show after a helicopter crash
In 1986, the WNBC reporter Jane Dornacker died during the living afternoon broadcast when her helicopter crashed into the Hudson River near 45.
At 4:46 pm Dornacker was halfway through the message and told the listeners: “New Jersey, Outgoing Lincoln tunnel looks much better for you.” She began to repeat, “In New Jersey …” before, according to The New York Times, suddenly fell silent. A moment later, the radio audience heard her frantic last words: “Hit water! Hit the water! Hit water!”
1997: Colgate -Palmolive Helicopter Crash
In 1997 he encountered East River after a trip from 60. Heliport street, a six-seater helicopter BK-117, owned by Colgate-Palmolive. The accident required the life of Craig Tate, the Chief Technical Director of the Company and seriously injured another Executive Director.
2009: Eurocopter crash
The Eurocopter AS350 tourist helicopter operated by Liberty Helicopter Sightseing Tours collided with a small private aircraft across the Hudson River near Frank Sinatra Park in Hoboken and killed all nine people on board both aircraft. The helicopter carried five Italian tourists – identified by the news agency Ansa as Tiziana Pedrone, Fabio Gallazzi, Giacomo Gallazzi, Michele Norelli and Filippo Norelli.
2018: Another Eurocopter’s accident
Almost ten years later, another Eurocopter AS350 crashed into the eastern river and killed five passengers. Two died on the scene, while three others were declared dead in the hospital. Pilot, Richard Vance, survived. The jury later awarded the families of the victims of $ 116 million in court proceedings against and Vance.
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