NEW YORK: A helicopter crashed into the Hudson river in New York on Thursday (Apr 10), police stated with out confirming any fatalities, as marine emergency responders attended the scene.
Photographs confirmed the chopper’s touchdown skids protruding from the river beside Manhattan’s West Facet Freeway as a number of boats clustered across the affect web site.
Not less than 4 individuals have been retrieved from the water and brought to hospital in New Jersey, the NBC4 broadcaster reported citing legislation enforcement on the scene.
The river is a busy transport channel and was the scene of the dramatic 2009 incident when a US Airways plane safely landed within the water with all 155 individuals on board escaping with their lives and was dubbed “Miracle on the Hudson.”
“Attributable to a helicopter crash within the Hudson River, within the neighborhood of the West Facet Freeway and Spring Avenue, anticipate emergency automobiles and site visitors delays within the surrounding areas,” the New York Police Division wrote in a press release.
A hearth service spokesperson stated that “we obtained the decision at 3.17 pm ET (3.17 am, Singapore time)” a couple of “helicopter within the water”, however was unable to provide different data.
