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An enforcement of Siemens, a European exertion company, his woman and young children were aboard the tourer chopper that plunged into New York City's Hudson River connected Thursday, leaving nary survivors.
Agustin Escobar, his wife, Merce Camprubi Montal, and their children -- aged 4, 5 and 11 years aged -- person been identified arsenic victims successful the clang on with the pilot, aged 36, instrumentality enforcement sources told ABC News.
PHOTO: In this surface drawback from a video, archetypal responders are shown astatine the country of a chopper clang successful the Hudson River connected April 10, 2025, successful New York. (WABC)
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Escobar was named arsenic an enforcement of Siemens' part successful Spain and Southwest Europe successful 2022, according to a property merchandise from the exertion conglomerate.
The erstwhile caput of Siemens' Spanish arm, Miguel Ángel López, spoke highly of Escobar successful the release, saying his enactment was "key" to the company's success.
"With Agustín Escobar We person the champion imaginable successor to lead, from present on, the institution successful Spain. In caller years his enactment has been cardinal to Siemens' occurrence successful the tract of mobility and transport," López said.
The individuality of the pilot, who was flying the New York Helicopters chartered chopper, has not yet been released.
The household was visiting New York City from Barcelona, Spain, 2 Spanish officials told ABC News.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating what led to the deadly incident.
PHOTO: First responders locomotion on Pier 40, connected April 10, 2025, successful New York, crossed from wherever a chopper went down successful the Hudson River successful Jersey City, N.J. (Jennifer Peltz/AP)
PHOTO: Rescue workers and exigency unit enactment astatine the country of a chopper clang connected the Hudson River adjacent little Manhattan successful New York, April 10, 2025. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
The clang occurred astatine 3:17 p.m. disconnected the seashore of River Drive successful Hoboken, New Jersey, conscionable implicit 15 minutes aft it departed from the Wall St. Heliport, officials said during a property briefing connected Thursday. The chopper reached the George Washington Bridge earlier turning southbound and crashing, officials said.
"Our hearts spell retired to the household and those connected board," New York City Mayor Eric Adams said during the briefing.
The chopper -- identified by the Federal Aviation Administration arsenic a Bell 206 chopper -- was connected its sixth formation of the day. It was recovered upside-down successful the 50-degree h2o erstwhile rescuers arrived astatine the scene, officials said.
Editor's Note:A erstwhile mentation of this study named Escobar arsenic the CEO of Siemens, and has been updated to place him arsenic an enforcement with the company's Spanish branch.
Siemens exec and his household identified arsenic victims successful deadly Hudson chopper clang primitively appeared connected abcnews.go.com
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