New aerial video captures police, dive team response to fatal Hudson River helicopter crash

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New aerial video footage released by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) shows the moments aft a circuit chopper crashed into the Hudson River past week, sidesplitting six people, including 3 children.

Aerial videos of the April 10 effect amusement divers jumping into the murky h2o from NYPD boats and wading toward the mangled aircraft.

The Bell 206 L-4 chopper floated upside down arsenic divers worked to retrieve the aviator and 5 passengers, including Agustin Escobar, his wife, Mercè Camprubí Montal, and their 3 young children.

6 DEAD, INCLUDING 3 CHILDREN, AFTER HELICOPTER PLUMMETS IN HUDSON RIVER

Helicopter wreckage pulled retired  of Hudson

A crane lifts the wreckage of a chopper that crashed into the Hudson River April 10\ successful Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

During a quality league Wednesday, officials said the NYPD diving portion was searching for a missing idiosyncratic successful the river, contributing to its speedy effect to the Jersey City, New Jersey, coastline.

"The telephone came over, and we headed to the chopper clang arsenic rapidly arsenic possible," said NYPD Scuba Unit Officer Joseph Frevola. "We were determination successful astir 8 to 10 minutes."

‘EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE’ AS NTSB INVESTIGATES DEADLY HUDSON RIVER TOUR HELICOPTER CRASH

Though upwind conditions during the rescue were not favorable, Frevola said the squad was focused connected uncovering the process and main rotors of the craft to assistance successful the investigation.

"The existent had flipped and [weather conditions were] beauteous bad," helium said. "We were horizontal, holding connected to the helicopter, arsenic we were rigging it up to hook up to the crane."

Family killed successful  chopper  clang  successful  New York City

The victims of the chopper clang successful New York City April 10. The household of 5 killed successful the calamity included Siemens enforcement Agustin Escobar; his wife, Mercè Camprubí Montal, a planetary manager astatine an vigor exertion company; and 3 children. The aviator was besides killed. (New York Helicopter Tours, LLC)

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced Saturday the craft was not equipped with immoderate formation recorders, leaving galore questions unanswered.

No onboard video recorders oregon camera recorders were recovered, and nary of the chopper avionics onboard recorded accusation that could beryllium utilized by authorities to find the origin of the crash.

NTSB FINDS TOUR HELICOPTER THAT CRASHED INTO HUDSON RIVER WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH ANY FLIGHT RECORDERS

Helicopter crashes into Hudson River

Police and firefighters enactment astatine the tract aft a chopper crashed into the Hudson River adjacent Lower Manhattan April 10 successful New York City. (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Divers were capable to find the main fuselage, including the cockpit and cabin, the guardant information of the process boom, horizontal stabilizer finlets and vertical fin, according to the NTSB.

Investigators are continuing to hunt for wreckage utilizing side-scanning sonar.

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The helicopter’s operator, New York Helicopter Charter Inc., reported the craft was past inspected March 1 and completed 7 circuit flights anterior to the wreck.

Authorities are inactive moving to find the origin of the crash.

Alexandra Koch is simply a breaking quality writer for Fox News Digital. Prior to joining Fox News, Alexandra covered breaking news, crime, religion, and the subject successful the southeast.

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