The captain was returning to the bottom for refuelling moments before a plane crashed mid-air and plunged into the Hudson River, killing six people, including Siemens professional Agustin Escobar’s whole family, according to the owner of the NYC aircraft tour company. Although these claims are not true, there are several videos that have been posted on social media that claim the pilot was performing dangerous maneuvers prior to the collision. According to New York Helicopter Tour CEO Michael Roth, the pilot called the base to let them know that the chopper needed more fuel. Then it crashed into the river just before it was even visible.
According to Roth,” He]the pilot ] called in that he was landing and that he needed fuel, and it should have taken him about three minutes to arrive,” but 20 minutes later, he didn’t, according to Roth.
Roth claimed that one of his employees at the company’s downtown heliport, who had been unaware of the tragedy, was the one who had been informed of the tragedy. One of my pilots then flew over the Hudson and saw the helicopter turned upside down, he told the outlet.
He claimed,” It’s devastation.” ” I’m a father and a grandfather, and to have children there, I’m devastated. I’m in total shock.
The only thing I know is that the main rotor blades weren’t on the helicopter, Roth said, “is that the only thing I know from watching a video of the helicopter falling down.” And in my 30 years of working in the helicopter industry, I haven’t seen anything like that. The only thing I could guess, which I had no idea, is that it either had a bird strike or the main rotor blades failed. I don’t know. I don’t know”.
One of their children was celebrating the birthday of a Siemens executive.
The Escobar daily celebrated its birthday with the helicopter tour. On the copter ride, Agustin Escobar, his wife Merce Camprubi Montal, and their three children, ages 4, 5, and 11, celebrated the birthday of one of their children. The pilot and all five of them passed away.
Escobar, Montal, and their children were spotted grinning in front of the Bell 206L-4 LongRanger IV helicopter in agonizing images on the New York Helicopter Tours website before their tragic expedition.
