Search resumes for six killed aboard plane, the unnamed pilot and a Spanish family with children age 11, five and fourThe pilot of a sightseeing helicopter that crashed into New York’s Hudson River on Thursday killing all six people aboard reportedly sent a radio message moments earlier saying he was low on fuel and was heading back to the helipad, its operators said on Friday.Michael Roth, the chief executive of New York Helicopter Tours, described how the pilot never made it back to the downtown Manhattan heliport it took off from about 16 minutes previously on its sixth flight of the day, the Telegraph reported. Continue reading…
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Author : Sam Jones in Madrid, Richard Luscombe, and agencies
Publish date : 2025-04-11 16:49:00
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Pilot of crashed New York helicopter was reportedly low on fuel and headed back to helipad
