NTSB finds tour helicopter that crashed into Hudson River was not equipped with any flight recorders

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced connected Saturday the Bell 206 L-4 circuit chopper that plummeted into the Hudson River connected Thursday, sidesplitting each six radical onboard, was not equipped with immoderate formation recorders. 

A aviator and 5 members of a household visiting from Spain, including Siemens enforcement Agustin Escobar; his wife, Mercè Camprubí Montal; and their 3 young children, were pulled from the h2o by divers and pronounced dead.

As of Saturday night, nary onboard video recorders oregon camera recorders were recovered, and nary of the chopper avionics onboard recorded accusation that could beryllium utilized for the investigation.

AN NTSB squad surveying the wreckage adjacent the clang site.  (NTSB)

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

NTSB investigators started evaluating the helicopter’s formation power system, and drivers recovered the main fuselage, including the cockpit and cabin, guardant information of the process boom, horizontal stabilizer finlets and vertical fin.

Some of the recovered parts volition beryllium sent to the NTSB laboratories successful Washington for person inspection, according to the agency.

A aviator and 5 members of a household visiting from Spain were pulled from the h2o by divers and pronounced dead. (NTSB)

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

Divers from the New York City Police Department (NYPD) are continuing to hunt for the helicopter’s main rotor, main cogwheel box, process rotor and a ample information of the process boom, NTSB said.

Side-scanning sonar is being utilized to place imaginable locations of wreckage, and betterment operations volition proceed Sunday.

An NTSB squad subordinate surveying the wreckage.  (NTSB)

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NTSB investigators met with representatives from the helicopter’s operator, New York Helicopter Charter Inc., to reappraisal operational records, policies and procedures, information absorption systems and the pilot’s experience.

Investigators besides examined 2 exemplar helicopters, according to the statement.

No onboard video recorders oregon camera recorders person been recovered arsenic of Saturday evening.  (NTSB)

The chopper progressive successful the clang had its past large inspection connected March 1, according to the NTSB.

Before the crash, the chopper had completed 7 circuit flights, according to officials. The wreck happened during the eighth formation of the day.

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Parties to the probe see the Federal Aviation Administration, Bell Helicopter and Rolls-Royce, according to the NTSB.