FAA gives an important update on NYC Helicopter Company behind Hudson River Crash who killed six
The Tour company behind a horror helicopter crash in the Hudson River who left six dead was closed immediately because the main authority reveals that it is Research into the operator’s license and safety record.
The Spanish tourist Agustin Escobar, 49, together with his wife, Mercè Camprubí Montal, 39, and their three children, Victor, 4, Mercedes, 8 and Agustin, 10 were all killed tragically on Thursday when the helicopter drove them. fell out of the sky and crashed into the iconic New York River.
Pilot Sean Johnson, a 36-year-old navy veteran who has been Flying Commercial since 2023Also died in the tragedy.
The Federal Aviation Administration revealed on Sunday that they would investigate the operator’s license and safety record.
“New York Helicopter Tours – the company that was involved in the deadly crash on the Hudson earlier this week – closes their activities immediately,” said the FAA on Sunday evening.
‘Moreover, the FAA will launch an immediate assessment of the tour operator’s license and safety record.
“Safety is the most important priority of the FAA and we will not hesitate to act to protect the flying public.”
The helicopter involved in Thursday’s crash was an N216MH Bell 206L-4 that was rented to the Louisiana-based company Meridian Helicopters.
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Gersiëtiede spectators in New York and New Jersey watched while the plane, managed by local Tour company New York Helicopter Charters, separated into the air and kept in the river
In 2013, one of the helicopters of the Tour company was forced to make an emergency landing on the Hudson River afterwards Lost power in creepy comparable circumstances such as Thursday’s tragedy.
A family of four tourists of Sweden Had made a sightseeing tour in a bell 206 -helicopter that had also left Wall Street near Wall.
The pilot was forced to land in the water and use inflatable pontoons to keep the plane upright.
All four passengers were taken to the hospital at that time, but there were no serious injuries.
At the time of the crash, business owner Michael Roth told the Wall Street Journal that he “had no idea why we lost power,” adding that the helicopter underwent daily routine inspections.
Only two years later in 2015, another plane crashed after it started to turn out of hand while the 20 feet floated off the ground.
The pilot reported to portray the helicopter for a ‘hard landing’ and an investigation into the problem was started.
It was established that the same helicopter – a Bell 206 model that was rented to Meridian Helicopters – was involved in a hard landing in Chile five years earlier.
The Federal Aviation Administration revealed on Sunday that they would investigate the operator’s license and safety record
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) considered the drive shaft of the aircraft ‘Unierworthy’ considered.
And in judicial documents seen by DailyMail.com, New York Helicopter Charter has had to deal with financial problems in recent years, which in 2019 apply for bankruptcy in the midst of changes in air traffic in New York City that influenced the company.
The submission states that companies were ordered to adhere to certain routes and flying schedules that cannot operate on Sunday due to complaints about noise.
The helicopter flew about 16 minutes before he went into the water. It left the Wall Street -Heliport and did a circle near the Statue of Liberty before he flew the Hudson River to the George Washington Bridge at about 1,000 feet.
Prior to the revelation that the company would immediately stop the activities, Senator Chuck Schumer raised the authority to perform safety inspections.
He accused helicopter tour companies broadly of cutting corners and placing profit about people. ‘
“One of the things we can do to honor those lives and try to save others is to ensure that it doesn’t happen anymore,” Schumer said.
“We know that there is one thing for sure about the helicopter tour companies of New York City: they have a deadly track record.”
In the incident in 2013 (photo) a family of four tourists from Sweden had made a sightseeeing tour in a bell 206 -helicopter that was also near Wall Street
The helicopter involved in Thursday’s crash was an N216MH Bell 206L-4 that was rented to Meridian Helicopters in Louisiana, in Louisiana
The doomed helicopter was flown by the 36 -year -old Sean Johnson (photo) – a veteran of the Navy Seal – when he was suddenly split apart in the air
Data from the FAA suggested that the fatal aircraft had a mechanical problem in September 2024, in particular with the transmission assembly.
Built in 2004, the chopper had flown for more than 12,000 hours before they needed repairs.
It was too revealed that the helicopter pilot had the basis to warn that they had no fuel anymore Just before the tragedy struck.
Researchers will also investigate the maintenance history of the crashed helicopter, aimed at or Two recently issued FAA security provision of airworthiness Models were followed correctly for Bell 206L.
The first directive, issued in December 2022, required inspections – and, if necessary, replacements – of the most important rotor blades of the models due to a problem called ‘Delamination’.
A second directive was issued in May 2023 after a helicopter had experienced the loss of his catarial drive – the smaller rotor mounted on the tail – due to a joint malfunction.
The Directive of the Agency forced Testing and Possible replacement of catarial rotor shafts over eight helicopter models, including those involved in the fatal crash of Thursday.
