A deadly crash Thursday turned the most recent incident in an extended historical past of helicopter accidents within the New York Metropolis space.
The newest crash occurred within the Hudson River close to the West Aspect Freeway and Spring Avenue shortly after 3 p.m. ET, with officers saying a number of folks died.
A number of helipads are positioned all through Manhattan, with leisure plane and industrial and vacationer flights filling the tightly managed airspace.
In 2019, two crashes occurred inside a month. A pilot was killed on June 10, 2019 after hitting the roof of a skyscraper amid poor climate situations. The helicopter struck the 750-foot AXA Equitable constructing, sparking a fireplace that pressured workplace staff to flee.
Simply weeks previous to that incident, on Could 15, a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River and sank, however the pilot managed to soundly escape.
The helicopter crash on Thursday was the deadliest within the New York Metropolis space since 2018, when 5 folks have been killed when a no-door helicopter crashed and sank within the East River, leaving passengers trapped of their security harnesses.
The Related Press reported that, as of 2019, not less than 32 folks died in helicopter accidents in New York Metropolis since 1977 when restrictions have been positioned on the place choppers might land within the space.
Here is a have a look at these incidents, courtesy of AP.
2019: A helicopter used for govt journey hits the roof of a Manhattan skyscraper in restricted airspace. The pilot is killed.
2019: A constitution helicopter goes into the Hudson River and sinks whereas being maneuvered at a heliport. The pilot escapes.
2018: 5 folks drown when a constitution helicopter providing “open door” flights crashes within the East River . The pilot survives.
2011: Three folks die when a helicopter carrying a household outing plunges into the East River.
2009: A sightseeing helicopter carrying Italian vacationers collides with a non-public aircraft over the Hudson River, killing 9.
2007: A sightseeing helicopter drops into the Hudson River after experiencing a mechanical downside after lifting off from a West Aspect heliport. Everybody makes it out safely.
2005: A company helicopter carrying MBNA Corp. executives falls into the East river after taking off from the East thirty fourth Avenue heliport. The pilot is severely injured however everybody survives.
2005: A sightseeing helicopter goes into the East River whereas making an attempt to take off from the Wall Avenue heliport. A British vacationer practically drowns.
1997: One individual is killed and a second is badly injured when a helicopter owned by the Colgate-Palmolive Firm falls into the East River after taking off from the sixtieth Avenue heliport.
1990: One individual dies after the pilot of an Island Helicopter air taxi misjudges the wind throughout a takeoff from the East thirty fourth Avenue heliport and flies into the river.
1988: A passenger drowns when a sightseeing helicopter loses energy and makes a pressured touchdown within the East River.
1986: An NBC radio visitors reporter dies when the helicopter she is driving in loses raise, hits a fence and crashes into the Hudson.
1985: A passenger drowns when a sightseeing flight operated by New York Helicopters crashes into the East River after taking off from the East thirty fourth Avenue heliport.
1983: A seaplane coming in for a touchdown on the East River collides with a police helicopter over the Brooklyn waterfront, killing 4 folks.
1981: Hijackers seize a sightseeing helicopter and order the pilot to fly to a federal jail in Manhattan in an unsuccessful try and free a prisoner ready on the roof.
1977: A rotor breaks unfastened from a New York Airways helicopter on a touchdown pad atop the Pan Am Constructing and kills 5 folks, together with one on the road two blocks away. The helipad closes after the accident.
