The pilot who died with a family of five in a helicopter crash in New York City's Hudson River was a NAVY Seal named Sean Johnson. On March 27, Johnson posted a video to his Facebook page that ...

As part of the investigation, the National Transportation Safety Board will examine whether the pilot was forced to make an “extreme maneuver” just moments before — or if the helicopter may ...

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The pilot, who was also killed, has not been identified yet. The helicopter was operated by tour company New York Helicopters, and CEO Michael Roth, 71, has since said that the pilot radioed base ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A family on a vacation and a pilot, living his dream in New York City, make up the six lives lost after a sightseeing helicopter plunged into the Hudson River on Thursday.

A former military helicopter pilot told BI the helicopter's rotary system appears to have failed. Helicopter crashes are more common than airplane accidents, but main rotor detachment is rare.

He held a commercial pilot certificate, and as of March had 788 hours of total flight time, she said. Officials do not yet know how much experience he had aboard the Bell helicopter, which is the ...

The pilot was also ... near the downed helicopter. “We saw all the emergency vehicles, so we came over,” Jordan said. Reporters are waiting behind the yellow police tape at the end of the ...

New details have emerged regarding the final moments of the helicopter that plunged into the Hudson River in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Thursday afternoon. The pilot of the doomed aircraft ...

The pilot in the helicopter crash in the Hudson River has been identified by his wife as Sean Johnson, a Navy SEAL veteran He always dreamed of flying, his wife told Gothamist Johnson had “a ...

The pilot flying the helicopter that crashed into New York’s Hudson River made a call before the horrific incident that could shed some light on exactly what happened. The United States ...

It's too early to say what happened to the sightseeing helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River in New York City, killing all six people on board, but aviation experts said a failure may have ...