Agustín Escobar, CEO of Siemens in Spain, his wife Merce Camprubí Montal, and their three children aged 4, 8, and 10, died in a helicopter crash during a holiday sightseeing trip in New York last Thursday (10).
A shocking video shows the moment when the helicopter carrying Agustín Escobar and his family crashes into the Hudson River in New York. The accident occurred on Thursday (10).
Escobar’s family traveled from Barcelona to the city to celebrate one of their daughters’ birthdays. They were on the first day of their trip, taking a panoramic flight from the Statue of Liberty to the George Washington Bridge.
The footage captured the moment of the accident. One of the main rotor blades can be seen falling into the water, which experts believe caused the tail rotor to be severed.
“In the footage, it looks like the main rotor hit the body of the helicopter, cutting off the tail and making any recovery of the aircraft impossible,” said Jim Brauchle, a former military aviator and attorney with Motley Rice LLC, to the Daily Mail.
Michael Roth, owner of New York Helicopter, the company that operated the tour, expressed his condolences and said he received a call from the pilot stating that they were running low on fuel.
“He said he was landing and needed fuel, and it should have taken about three minutes to get there. But 20 minutes later, he hadn’t arrived,” Roth told The Telegraph.
At the time of the accident, the weather was cloudy, with winds between 16 and 24 km/h and gusts up to 40 km/h, with good visibility. The flight lasted only 16 minutes before the crash.
According to New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, four people died at the scene, and two others were taken to the hospital but did not survive their injuries.
Searches for the wreckage of the Bell 206L-4 helicopter are still ongoing.
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