Company operating helicopter that crashed in Hudson has history of close calls, bankruptcy filing

Company operating helicopter that crashed in Hudson has history of close calls, bankruptcy filing

The company operating the helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River carrying a family from Spain, killing them all, has a history of close calls and financial problems that resulted in a 2019 bankruptcy filing, records show. In June 2013, a craft owned by the same company, New York Helicopter, experienced engine failure with four passengers aboard, which ended in an emergency evacuation, according to National Transportation Safety Board reco…

A Bell 206 helicopter from New York Helicopter made an emergency landing in 2013 when transporting 4 Swedish tourists

The New York Helicopter company, which operated the tourist helicopter that rushed this Thursday to the Hudson River in a fatal accident that cost the lives of five Spaniards—Augustin Escobar and Mercé Camprubí, both Siemens directors, and their three sons, 4, 5 and 11—and the pilot, had already had a mishap with one of their aircraft, according to New York Post. According to the US media, a helicopter of this company made an emergency landing i…

The company that owns the helicopter that crashed between Thursdays on the island of Manhattan with the Escobar-Camprubí marriage and its children on board has a long history of breakdowns and debts, according to different U.S. media. During the 2010s they had two emergencies during different flights and in 2019 the company was declared bankrupt. In addition, according to the New York Post newspaper, the crash aircraft suffered a breakdown in th…

New York Helicopter, which operated the tourist helicopter that rushed to the Hudson River this Thursday in a fatal accident that cost the lives of five Spaniards and the pilot, had crashed earlier, according to New York Post.Read more]]>