In New York, a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River. The helicopter went down at around 3:15 p.m. Eastern Time today, April 10, and many rescue boats.
Were seen hovering in the vicinity of Jersey City. The number of people killed and the number of passengers on board the plane at the time have not been officially reported.
One eyewitness who heard the tragedy occur before seeing the aftermath said, “It sounded like a sonic boom so I look up and literally.
I saw helicopter splitting in two with the rotor flying off in the sky it was going so fast and it just went straight into the water.”
“I’ve never seen anything like that in my life.” Social media videos showed the plane upside down and largely immersed in the ocean.
Video from the site showed several rescue boats surrounding the aircraft, and the fire department said that its teams were on the scene conducting rescue efforts.
