Helicopter crashed into Hudson

[efq]

Just from Twitter NYTimes Alert 30 seconds ago so no news know yet.

All sources from people at the scene from Twitter:

Edit 1: People heard a crash who went passed, possibly 2 helicopters.
Edit 2: Could be said plane and heli collision.
Edit 3: Seems like it was a small plane and NY tours helicopter collision

Listen to the Fire Department dealing with it http://www.thebravest.com/manhattan/manhattan.htm

[Yoshimitsui]

Well they are talking about survivors so it's not all fatal!

[efq]

1 survivor so far.


Live feed coast guard vessel heading towards crash site

http://web4.twitpic.com/img/22109159-669d5e7738aca8e8d70e7629d7d4f58a.4a7dad54-full.jpg
http://web4.twitpic.com/img/22109159-c9090dddd99007b6fcb65019f04b7f59.4a7dab9a-full.jpghttp://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/full/22107828.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1249751007&Signature=vIS%2BajAHZeGjmjIGfLPHK1fYRwA%3D

[Pazza]

http://www.thebravest.com/videofeed2.html

[Jordy]

Five tourists and a Pilot in the helicopter and just the one Pilot in the small aircraft.

Witness account: “I was actually watching the white plane as it was heading south. It was around 50 feet above the helicopter and he was banking heading toward Manhattan. He banked quite hard and the wing actually snapped off and caused the plane to then drop and it hit back rotor of the helicopter, snapping that off,”

One black box has been recovered already by divers it appears.

Edit: Atleast one killed

[xxMATTGxx]

New York City Mayor Bloomberg confirms five people on the helicopter were Italian tourists.

[efq]

No survivors. 3 dead on plane, 6 dead on helicopter.

Pictures at time of impact
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/08/08/nyregion/09crash_slide02xxx.jpg
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/images/photo/2009/08/08/20090808-CRASH/29449338.JPG

Body being pulled on board
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/08/09/nyregion/09crash_slide11.jpg

A another italian tourist who was supposed to be going on that helicopter but arrived late
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/08/09/nyregion/09crash_slide12.jpg

[kk.]

final destination anyone? :P

my client atm uses that tour company too, and was a bit worried last night it might affect business a lot. tbh, i dont think it will

[Jordy]

I wonder why it was claimed there was one survivor, almost all news sources went along with that story for a while?

[xxMATTGxx]

Looking at the first two pictures shows that anyone surviving would be quite low from that crash and the impact of the water. R.I.P to them all :(

[iAdam]

That first picture didn't look promising for survivors.

RIP to them all.

[Tintinnabulate]

How did it happen anyway :s Surely they must have seen each other from a distance. RIP to all.

[Hitman]

How did it happen anyway :s Surely they must have seen each other from a distance. RIP to all.
According to what I read, the place saw the helicopter and pulled upwards very quickly and forcefully, causing one of the wings to snap off. The plane then collided into the back of the helicopter, snapping off the back.

R.I.P.

[Fehm]

I heard the plane went into a vertical incline, to avoid the helicopter as you said but instead of crashing the wing flew off, hit the helicopter, sending the plane into a spiral which then led to the collision. Probably wrong though. BBC.

[Yoshimitsui]

According to what I read, the place saw the helicopter and pulled upwards very quickly and forcefully, causing one of the wings to snap off. The plane then collided into the back of the helicopter, snapping off the back.

R.I.P.

Pulling up sharply or banking off wouldn't have snapped the wing of, that's rubbish. One of the pilots, or both, was obviously not having a good look out. That said it is so easy to miss these little planes/helicopters when you are in the air, they are so tiny even at a short distance.