Senator Schumer calls for firm behind lethal Hudson helicopter crash be stripped of proper to fly as authorities proceed to dive for wreckage
Photograph by Dean Moses
The corporate behind the tragic Hudson River helicopter crash final week that ended within the deaths of a vacationer household and their former Navy Seal pilot is ceasing operations, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated.
The FAA made the revelation late Sunday night time in an announcement, three days after the crash made headlines world wide, revealing that New York Helicopter Excursions would now not offer flights across the Massive Apple.
“New York Helicopter Tours — the company involved in the deadly crash on the Hudson earlier this week — is shutting down their operations immediately,” a part of the FAA assertion learn. ”We are going to proceed to assist NTSB’s investigation. Moreover, the FAA will launch a direct assessment of the tour operator’s license and security report.”
The NYPD are utilizing “side-scanning sonar” know-how is being utilized in an effort to discover the remaining wreckage.Photograph by Dean Moses
The FAA went on so as to add that they are going to be internet hosting a helicopter security panel on April 22 to debate the findings, dangers, and extra mitigation choices from a nationwide evaluation.
“Safety is the FAA’s number one priority, and we will not hesitate to act to protect the flying public,” the FAA added.
This got here mere hours after Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer denounced New York Helicopter Excursions in a scathing rebuke of the corporate, throughout which he demanded they lose their proper to fly.
“New York City’s helicopter tour companies, they have a deadly track record — 11 people killed in the last few years, and it is usually the companies, not the pilots, that are openly manipulating FAA rules, cutting corners and could well be putting profits over people,” Schumer stated. “We saw something like this in the FlyNyon crash in 2018 that killed five people in the East River.”
Authorities spent the day Sunday on the Hudson persevering with to make use of “side-scanning sonar” know-how and divers in an effort to find remaining particles from the crash.
