US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is urging federal authorities to immediately take action following last year’s catastrophic plane crash into the Hudson River, which left six people dead.
The New York lawmaker is urging the FAA to withdraw New York Helicopter’s visit company’s operating license, which broke apart air just moments after takeoff. At a Sunday media briefing, Schumer is expected to state that” the regulations under Part 91 simply aren’t tight enough when people’s lives are on the line.”
The helicopter was taking its ninth flight of the day while operating under a” Part 91″ certificate, a group with stricter safety standards.
Schumer plans to say that this license kind lacks comprehensive training and maintenance requirements required by business laws, according to The New York Post. He claimed that these flaws put people at greater risk, particularly in densely populated urban places like New York.
He is even pressing the FAA to increase stairway checks for all tour providers, including FlyNYON, a business that is already under investigation after a 2018 East River accident that left five people dead.
A new jury verdict found FlyNYON answerable for that event, according to The New York Post.
The plane disappeared less than 20 minutes after leaving a Manhattan airport, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which is now leading the research into the fall on Thursday.
Before the aeroplane spiraled into the Hudson, testimony saw smoke billowing from it. A cold video captured components of the rotors crashing into the valley at different points.
Five Spanish visitors from the same community and aircraft Sean Johnson, a 36-year veteran of the Navy, were the only ones who perished among the six onboard. Agustin Escobar, a Siemens professional, his wife Mercè Camprubi Montal, their children, Agustin, 10, Mercedes, 8, and Vctor, 4, were the survivors.
That evening, they had just left Barcelona for New York.
Experts believe a mechanical problem may have caused the drone’s main rotor to strike its tail, which may result in immediate midair disintegration despite the fact that the actual cause of the crash is still undetermined.
According to a new report from Associated Press, the NTSB has confirmed that important elements like the distribution and blades are also missing and that no conclusive opinions will be drawn until they are recovered.
The involved company, New York Helicopter, has a troubled history. One of its helicopters lost power in midair in 2013, despite the pilot’s successful emergency landing. In the past, the business has declared bankruptcy, and it is currently facing unpaid debt claims. According to FAA records, the crashed aircraft was constructed in 2004 and had a transmission issue just last year.
