The pilot flying the tour helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River yesterday, killing six people including a family of five, warned his base that the chopper needed to refuel.
Tragic eyewitness reports documented how the helicopter in question “split in half” before plunging down near Pier 40 at around 3:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 10. The six on board, consisting of Agustin Escobar, his wife Merce Camp Rubi Montel and their three children, aged four, five and 11, as well as the 36-year-old pilot, all lost their lives.
Escobar was the the CEO of Rail Infrastructure at Siemens Mobility and former president of the Spanish branch of the technology company. As per the Daily Mail, he and his family had arrived in New York from Barcelona earlier in the day of the fatal accident.
The helicopter was reportedly in the air for approximately 16 minutes on a sightseeing tour, taking off from Wall Street Heliport and circling the Statue of Liberty before flying up the Hudson River to the George Washington Bridge.
A new update reveals that the pilot radioed back to base to alert them to the fact that the chopper was already short on fuel just minutes into the trip.
