TOUR HELICOPTER SPLITS IN HALF – Six dead in Hudson River crash

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“Split in Half”: Six Dead, Including 3 Kids, After Helicopter Crashes Into the Hudson River in New York City

Six people are dead after a tourist helicopter carrying a family from Spain “split in half” mid-air and spiraled out of the sky before crashing into the Hudson River Thursday afternoon, according to officials.

Dozens of first responders rushed to the tragic scene after the Bell 206 aircraft, apparently missing its rotors, plunged into the river near Pier 40 in Manhattan near the Hoboken border of New Jersey around 3:15 p.m., the FDNY said.

A top executive of the global technology company Siemens and his family were identified as five of the victims who were killed. The sixth victim was the pilot, whose identity has not been announced.

Agustin Escobar, his wife Merce Camprubi Montal, and their three children had just arrived in the Big Apple from Barcelona earlier in the day, according to law enforcement sources.

The doomed chopper was owned and operated by New York Helicopter, a tour company in the Big Apple that touts itself for providing comfort and safety to customers.