New York: Agustin Escobar, the CEO of Siemens Spain, was killed in a chopper crash in New York on Thursday. Escobar along with his wife, Merce Camprubi Montal, and their three children also passed away in the helicopter accident.
The family was travelling in a Bell 306 helicopter which went down into the Hudson River along Manhattan.
After departing a downtown heliport around 3 pm, the chopper flew north along the Manhattan skyline and then back south toward the Statue of Liberty. A video circulating on social media showed parts of the chopper tumbling through the air into the water near the shoreline of Jersey City, New Jersey.
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the helicopter as a Bell 206. The National Transportation Safety Board has assured a thorough investigation.
“They were dead as soon as whatever happened happened,” Green said. “There’s no indication they had any control over the craft. No pilot could have prevented that accident once they lost the lifts. It’s like a rock falling to the ground. It’s heartbreaking.” Justin Green, an aviation lawyer who was a helicopter pilot in the Marine Corps, was quoted by AP as saying.
Predicting the reason behind t eh fatal chopper crash, Green said that it is possible the helicopter’s main rotors struck the tail boom, breaking it apart and causing the cabin to free fall.
Agustin Escobar, the CEO of Siemens Spain, his wife and three young children were killed in a chopper crash in New York on Thursday. Biz News Business News – Personal Finance News, Share Market News, BSE/NSE News, Stock Exchange News Today
