NYC helicopter tour company shuts down after Hudson River crash that killed 6: FAA

New York Helicopter Tours, the institution that owned the chopper that plummeted into the Hudson River adjacent the New Jersey shoreline past Thursday, sidesplitting each six radical connected board, is shutting down its operations immediately, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

The FAA made the announcement connected Sunday, saying it volition proceed to enactment the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) probe into the crash, portion besides launching an contiguous reappraisal of the circuit operator’s licence and information record.

"The FAA is already analyzing airplane/helicopter hotspots nationwide, and we volition beryllium hosting a chopper information sheet connected April 22 to sermon the findings, risks, and further mitigation options," the FAA added. "Safety is the FAA’s fig 1 priority, and we volition not hesitate to enactment to support the flying public."

The ill-fated New York City circuit chopper – a Bell 206L-4 LongRanger IV – came isolated midair connected Thursday day earlier falling into the h2o upside down adjacent the shoreline of Jersey City, New Jersey, sidesplitting a Spanish household of 5 and the aircraft’s Navy SEAL seasoned pilot.

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

A crane vas lifts the wreckage of a chopper that crashed into the Hudson River, Thursday, April 10, 2025, successful Jersey City, N.J. (Seth Wenig/AP)

The pilot, arsenic good arsenic Siemens enforcement Agustin Escobar; his wife, Mercè Camprubí Montal; and their 3 young children, were pulled from the h2o by divers and pronounced dead.

The NTSB announced Saturday that the chopper was not equipped with immoderate formation recorders, adding that nary of the chopper avionics onboard recorded accusation that could beryllium utilized for the investigation.

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

Police and firefighters enactment connected the tract aft a chopper crashed into the Hudson River adjacent little Manhattan, connected April 10, 2025 successful New York. All six passengers were killed. (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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.

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.

OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL INVESTIGATING SMALL PLANE CRASH, PILOT DEAD

File photograph of the victims of the chopper clang successful New York City, Thursday, April 10, 2025. 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 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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Assisting with the NTSB’s probe are the FAA, Bell Helicopter and Rolls-Royce.

Fox News Digital’s Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.