Tourists from Spain, pilot killed in helicopter free fall over Hudson River

What to Know

• A helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront Thursday
• A report of the downed aircraft near the West Side Highway and Spring Street came in shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday.
• Six people, three adults and three children, were pulled from the water and pronounced dead a short time later, Mayor Eric Adams said at a press conference.
• There are not believed to have been others on board the aircraft at the time of the crash.
• At least some of the victims, officials from New York and New Jersey have said, were family members visiting from Spain.
• Thursday’s crash was the first fatal helicopter crash in New York since one hit the roof of a skyscraper in 2019, killing the pilot.