Aircraft crash that killed all six people on board was on its eighth tour flight of the day, federal investigators say
The helicopter that crashed into New York City’s Hudson River on Thursday – killing all six on board, including three children – lacked flight recorders, said the US’s National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
It was also on its eighth tour flight of the day, having already completed seven, according to federal investigators.
No video or camera recorders have been recovered from the Bell 206 helicopter, the NTSB said in an update late on Saturday – and none of the equipment on it had recorded information that would help the investigation.
New York police divers were continuing to search for parts of the helicopter, including the main rotor, gear box, tail rotor and the tail boom, the safety agency said.
The aircraft had its last major inspection done on 1 March.
Divers recovered the victims as well as the pilot from the submerged helicopter. Four people were declared dead at the scene while the remaining two died later after they were transported to nearby hospitals.
The passengers killed in the crash were senior Siemens executive Agustín Escobar, his wife, Mercè Camprubí (who was celebrating her 40th birthday), and their three children aged 10, eight and four.
