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WASHINGTON, July 16 (Reuters) – The National \u2060Transportation \u2060Safety Board said Thursday it \u2060found evidence of a bird strike before a tourist helicopter \u200bplummeted upside down into New York City’s Hudson River in April 2025, killing all six \u200cpeople on board.<\/p>\n

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The accident killed \u200ca Spanish family of five, including Agustin Escobar, CEO of Rail Infrastructure at \u2060Siemens Mobility, \u2060the train transportation arm of Germany-based technology company Siemens. The \u200bNTSB said it had validated evidence of a bird strike on the Bell 206L-4 tourist helicopter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The airspace around Manhattan is crowded with helicopters offering tourists a bird’s-eye view of the \u200bsights, with at least two dozen operators listed on tour website Viator. Many \u2060operators \u2060also offer helicopter shuttle services \u2060to the \u200barea’s airports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The flight was the eighth tourist flight of the day, heading from \u200bthe Statue of Liberty \u2060to the George Washington Bridge, which was followed by a turn south to fly above the Hudson River.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Multiple witnesses described hearing loud \u201cbangs\u201d and \u201cpops\u201d from the helicopter before it broke up and descended into the river.<\/p>\n

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An additional witness reported that just minutes \u2060before the accident, she saw a large flock of geese take flight near \u2060the Newport lighthouse in Jersey City, New Jersey. “When the helicopter went bang, I immediately thought it was a Bird Strike,” the NTSB report said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In 2018, five passengers aboard a helicopter died in New York when the aircraft crashed into the East River, though the pilot survived. The helicopter was on a charter flight that featured an open door to allow passengers to take photographs of the skyline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Regulators turned their focus to helicopter \u2060safety after 67 people died in the crash of an American Airlines regional jet and Army helicopter in January 2025 near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. The FAA has permanently restricted helicopter traffic near that airport \u200band imposed other restrictions on helicopter traffic around the country.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting \u200bby David Shepardson; editing by David Gaffen )<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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