Stay updates: Household of 5 and pilot killed after vacationer helicopter crashes into Hudson River

We’ve got been trying on the helicopter’s different flights earlier at the moment earlier than it crashed into the Hudson River, utilizing the FlightAware monitoring web site.

The Bell 206L-4 LongRanger IV helicopter, registered with the Federal Aviation Administration as N216MH, is proven to have made 9 different brief journeys from Decrease Manhattan on Thursday, with most originating and terminating on the Downtown Manhattan Heliport, in response to FlightAware.

New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch mentioned at a information convention that the plane belongs to a tour firm known as New York Helicopters.

Many of the flights it was proven to have taken at the moment have been solely minutes lengthy, circling the island of Manhattan, heading in the direction of the Statue of Liberty after which as much as northern Manhattan close to the George Washington Bridge earlier than heading again to land at its take-off level.

The longest flight registered at the moment lasted 25 minutes.