Thursday’s helicopter accident research at the Hudson River, in which five Spaniards and an American pilot died, continues this Saturday while divers teams continue to tour the area to try to recover parts of the aircraft that clarify the case.
The National Transportation Board (NTSB), in charge of the investigation, explained that since Friday they have deployed a team of 17 professionals, which consider several hypotheses But that “you want to avoid speculation” and offer more details soon.
Several vessels remained mobilized on the coast of Jersey City (New Jersey), a neighboring city of New York and in whose waters the helicopter hit, as EFE could record this Saturday early in the afternoon in the Big Apple.
In fact, teams of divers are still looking at Hudson, where it is believed that There are still parts of the aircraft, including the rotor and the tail rotor, submerged at approximately 12 meters deep.
The family that died in the accident was made up of Siemens Agustín Escobar and Mercè Camprubí executives, as well as their children of 10, 8 and 4 years. The pilot was Seankese ‘Sean’ Johnson, a 36 -year -old African -American military.
The loud fall of the water helicopter, in which it could be seen how it lost parts of its fuselage in the air, occurred around 15:15 local time (19:15 GMT) on Thursday and caused the mobilization of the divers of the Fire Department, as well as the New York Police and the New Jersey neighbor, which The victims were taken from the river and the wrecked aircraft.
This Saturday, the Mayor of New York, Eric Adams, and John the Camprubí, Mercè’s brother, made with other authorities a floral offering in the river channel as a tribute to the deceased.
Both externalized their shared pain in an appearance before the press, but no new details of the investigation were contributed.
The helicopter in the last dessert took off from the lower part of Manhattan to the south before flying north to the George Washington bridge, and then went back to the south following the New Jersey coast, when He lost control to the city of Hoboken.
The mayor of Jersey City, Steven Fulop, He affirmed on Friday that the main body of the aircraft is located at the facilities of the Army Corps of Engineers in Jersey City.
“It was discussed Three theories. Was the debate about (which would have been provoked) by (A accident) with birds, with drones or some mechanical failure. We will see what happens, “Fulop added yesterday, without clarifying whether these theories remain the pillars that still support the investigation.
In addition, the city police recovered pieces of metal that reached the coast of Jersey City on Thursday, along with a life vest, a seat and other belongings.
The Witness reports on bird flocks At the time of the accident.
Johnson, the pilot who had warned minutes before he was running out of fuel, had 788 hours of total flight, But it is not known how many in the Bell helicopter.
The accident aroused an intense debate about the Regulation of the activity of the so -called ‘non -essential flights’, which include tourist helicopters and ‘air taxis’ that allow Manhattan’s cumbersome trafficking to reach the airport and the closest beaches faster.
This traffic last year added some 80,000 flights on Manhattan, which were starring people with high purchasing power, since each flight starts from $ 250 per person and journey.