Federal investigators are reviewing video footage and wreckage after a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River, killing six people — including a Siemens executive, his wife and three children. Aviation attorney Ladd Sanger says images of a missing tail boom and detached rotor could be key in determining what failed first. 온라인카지노사이트 5’s Allie Spillyards has the story,
Federal investigators are on the ground in New York, where six people were killed when a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River Thursday afternoon.
The chopper went down during a sightseeing tour.
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Officials said a family visiting from Spain and the pilot were among the dead. Three children were on board.
Video shows the helicopter spiraling into the river, with debris trailing close behind.
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“This case is fascinating because we have so much video of the actual crash sequence,” said Dallas-based aviation attorney Ladd Sanger.
Sanger said investigators will begin by analyzing the video. They'll also recover the wreckage and reassemble the aircraft to determine how it failed.
“Here we see the rotor system along with the mast, as well as part of what appears to be part of the engine cowling,” he said.
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He noted a detached rotor, a missing tail boom and the helicopter's inverted position could all be key to the investigation.
Sanger represented the victims of a crash involving a similar helicopter in Hawaii in 2022. In that case, he said one of the nuts securing the tail boom failed.
He said investigators will look to see whether something similar happened in this crash.
In other cases, Sanger said, faulty hardware led the rotor to detach.
The question in this case, he said, will be what failed first.
