Firm Concerned in Hudson River Helicopter Crash Shuts Down: FAA

The operator of the helicopter concerned in a crash that killed six individuals in New York final week is shutting down instantly, based on the Federal Aviation Administration.

“New York Helicopter Excursions — the corporate concerned within the lethal crash on the Hudson earlier this week — is shutting down their operations instantly,” the FAA stated in a press release on X on Sunday night time.

“Moreover, the FAA shall be launching a direct evaluate of the tour operator’s license and security file.”

The FAA additionally stated it would proceed to help the Nationwide Transportation Security Board’s investigation.

New York Helicopter Excursions couldn’t be reached for remark.

The FAA stated it’s analyzing helicopter and airplane hotspots throughout the US and can host a helicopter security panel on April 22 to debate findings, dangers, and extra mitigation measures.

“Security is the FAA’s primary precedence, and we is not going to hesitate to behave to guard the flying public,” the company stated.

On Saturday, the NTSB stated that the tourism helicopter was not geared up with any flight recorders and that the accident occurred throughout the plane’s eighth flight of the day.

“No onboard video recorders or digicam recorders have been recovered and not one of the helicopter avionics onboard recorded data that may very well be used for the investigation,” the NTSB stated in an replace.

It added that the helicopter’s final “main” inspection happened on March 1.

The crash into the Hudson River close to Manhattan on Thursday killed a Siemens government, his spouse, their three kids, and a pilot.

Agustín Escobar, 49, was the worldwide CEO of Siemens Mobility’s rail unit. His spouse, Mercè Camprubí Montal, labored for the corporate as the worldwide commercialization supervisor for its vitality division.