Heartbreak On The Hudson: FAA Shuts Down Helicopter Company Behind Deadly New York City Crash

Posted • April 14, 2025: On April 10, a helicopter carrying a Spanish family of five crashed into the Hudson River in New York City. The family -- Agustin Escobar, President and CEO of Siemens in Spain, along with his wife and their three children -- died in the crash along with the helicopter pilot. Video of the crash showed the helicopter's tail was missing and so was the main rotor, and people wondered how such a catastrophic failure could have happened. Witnesses reported hearing a loud boom before seeing the helicopter plummet into the water. The FAA and NTSB are investigating and the FFA has announced the immediate shutdown of New York Helicopter Tours, the company involved. For the FAA to post about your shutdown, you’re in TROUBLE. We would not want the FAA to be posting about shutting down our helicopter business. That can't be good. NBC News is also reporting the helicopter had no flight recorders on board. Unbelievably, there's no legal requirement for helicopters used for 'recreation' to have flight recorders. This may change after this incident. (…)

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NBC News: New York helicopter company shutting down following crash that killed 6
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-york-helicopter-company-shutting-crash-killed-6-rcna201086