The private business New York Helicopter Tour’s mismanagement is at the heart of the Hudson River aircraft tragedy, where reports have now revealed that the aircraft reported a structural issue months prior. When the plane slammed into the dark Hudson River after it broke air and nosedived into the air, killing Agustin Escobar, Escobar, his wife, and three of his children.
According to Federal Aviation Administration information, the ill-fated Bell206L-4 LongRanger IV plane, owned and operated by New York Helicopter, had a mechanical problem with its distribution council last September. The doomed helicopter was built in 2004 and had already logged 12, 728 hours of flight time when it had to be forced into repair, according to records.
Since this is not the first time the Big Apple has been involved in a tragedy, the organization has come on the sensor. Both the helicopter’s aircraft and the pilot’s experience are being looked into. Investigators may also look at the repair work that was done on the crashed aviation, including the completion of two new FAA safety airworthiness regulations for the Bell 206L model helicopters.
What rules did the FAA impose on the unit?
The governmental agency issued the first mandate in December 2022 and requested that the main rotor blades of the models be examined and possibly replaced because of “delamination,” a problem where the inner layers of the knife separating due to material exhaustion, damage, or another defects, according to the New York Post.
The FAA, which issued the warning after a helicopter lost a tail-rotor travel due to a mutual disappointment, required the assessment and possible alternative of neck rotor shafts on eight models, including the one involved in Thursday’s dangerous wreck, according to a second directive issued in May 2023.
What did the Director of the New York Helicopter Tour say?
Four Swedish tourists were traveling by Bell 206 when the plane crashed into the Hudson in 2013, but the captain and the other passengers unexpectedly survived. The company’s CEO, Michael Roth, claimed at the time that he had no idea what had happened. Roth claimed he was unaware of what transpired after the drama on Thursday. The only thing I know is that the main rotor blades weren’t on the plane when I watched a movie of the plane falling over. And in my 30 years of working in the aircraft industry, I haven’t seen anything like that,” he said.
