A helicopter crashed in the Hudson River in New York City on Thursday afternoon, according to the New York Police Department.

Summary

A tourist helicopter carrying a Spanish family of five and a pilot crashed into the Hudson River near Lower Manhattan, killing all 6 aboard, including 3 children.

The Bell 206 helicopter plunged into the water inverted, missing its rotor blades, just over 15 minutes after departing the Wall St. Heliport.

Witnesses described loud noises and parts falling off before impact.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating, and Jersey City officials renewed calls for tighter air traffic safety.

  • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Agustin Escobar, an executive from European automation company Siemens, his wife, Merce Camprubi Montal, and their children

    I feel bad only for the kids. The parents were rich leeches who were getting rich from putting poor people out of work.

    • AbsentBird@lemm.eeEnglish
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      15 days ago

      Siemens also makes high speed electric trains and some of the most reliable car chargers.

      Getting mad at a company that automates away meneal jobs because capitalism forces people to depend on doing shit work for the rich in order to eat is kinda short sighted imo.

      Like yeah, if everything had to be done by hand it would put more money into the hands of the working class, but it would also make it harder for them to afford a decent lifestyle because everything would be more expensive; automation offers the potential for everyone to live better, we’re just using it in a system that privatizes the gains into a small pool of wealthy owners.