Seankese” Sean” Johnson, a doomed aircraft pilot, and a Navy buddy, said he doubts the chopper, which crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday because it ran out of gas.
Remi Adeleke, a 12-year veteran of the Navy SEALs, believes that the fatal crash,  , which claimed the lives of Johnson and a family of five from Spain, was the result of a “maintenance matter.”
Adeleke told the Daily News,” Even if you run out of fuel, your propeller blade won’t separate and fall off.” ” I’m looking forward to the autopsy on the helo ( helicopter ) and what that indicates.”
He continued,” What happened was really terrible.” It was utterly unanticipated.
Johnson was reportedly told by New York Helicopter CEO Michael Roth that he was going up to the helicopter after radioing before falling into the water.
Adeleke claimed to believe that doesn’t reveal the accident.
He said,” He is smart enough not to be like, Oh, I’m passed E (empty ), let’s keep flying around.” Maintenance had to be the problem with this aircraft. A helicopter doesn’t cut off in midair like that because I’ve flown on many different types of helicopters throughout my career.
That’s a maintenance issue, he continued,” The fact that the entire propeller blade broke off from the jet and another part of the jet broke off and went over.” Everything wasn’t broken or locked down.
The NTSB is also looking into the crash’s origin. Jennifer Homendy, the head of NTSB, stated on Friday that the investigation would examine “reported sightings of a large flock of birds in the area immediately before the crash. The firm reported on Saturday that the Bell 2-6 L-4 aircraft was on its ninth flight of the day and had no trip recorders in operation.
Spanish tourists , including Agustin Escobar, CEO of Siemens Mobility’s Rail Infrastructure, his family Merce Camprubi Montal, and their three young children, all died in the collision, as did Johnson, who was also killed by parts of the aircraft, including the blade, that appeared to have burst in flight.
Johnson was a Navy military aid worker when Adeleke, a author and actor, met him in 2014.
He was like a small sibling, Adeleke said. He would speak to me as a brother, and I also may refer to him as a brother. We were near.
The two shared knowledge, which made them bonded. Johnson was born in Chicago and had little contact with his parents, whereas Adeleke was born in the Bronx and his father passed away suddenly.
I’m African-American from the Bronx, Adeleke said,” One thing we talked about was I’m African-American from the Bronx.” I became a SEAL and I’m from the helmet, which inspired him because one percentage of Navy SEALS are African-Americans. I sort of took him under my flap and made him feel like a father figure, giving him that assurance.
Johnson left the Navy and worked in professional safety, but he had a dream to fly, according to Adeleke.
I am aware that Adeleke wanted to persuade another young Black men and children in the inner city to set higher and pursue a path that is not expected, Adeleke said. because a Chicago child wasn’t expected to become a captain.
Johnson would send him a word whenever he reached a breakthrough in flight school.
He had a pretty sincere sense of good nature. He appeared as a spotlight in a place. Everyone favored him because, according to Adeleke, he had that quality of a calm, cool, and reputable persona, not because he was likable or the party’s man. He smiled so heartily and was remarkable. He was often upbeat and extremely giving, much like giving everything he had to offer.
Adeleke claimed that he initially didn’t think much of the plane crash after seeing a information update. Johnson was doing plane tour in Las Vegas when he last saw him, he said.
He said,” The New York move was new to me.
Then he received a text from Johnson’s family.
He said,” It was a one-paragraph text but it was a long paragraph. Sean and passed are the two terms that stuck out to me. “
Adeleke even experienced grief over the passing of the holiday family.
He said,” Two years are gone. I’m praying for the home. The only positive aspect of it is that they were all together, so I could just pray. As a family, that’s really a difficult situation to even process.
” Persons who I didn’t know but was with him in flight school or worked with him in Vegas or did senior security with him have been sending in a lot of help,” Adeleke said. He was simply a great guy who was likeable. It would be difficult for you to get people who disliked him.
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