{"id":287401,"date":"2026-07-05T17:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/287401\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T17:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:06:09","slug":"seaplane-carrying-8-passengers-crashes-into-nycs-east-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/287401\/","title":{"rendered":"Seaplane carrying 8 passengers crashes into NYC&#8217;s East River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A seaplane carrying eight people crashed into New York City\u2019s East River on Sunday, with emergency responders rushing to the scene, video shows.<\/p>\n<p>Footage of the river shows the plane bobbing in the water with one wing submerged as rescue crews work to get the passengers out.<\/p>\n<p>The seaplane was carrying eight people. Ella Zak for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>The plane crashed in the East River near the ferry terminal. Ella Zak for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>The plane took a hard landing in the choppy waters and partially capsized at just after 12 p.m., officials told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Eight people were rescued from the plane by the FDNY. Two passengers with minor injuries were evaluated by emergency medical staff, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The crash unfolded near the Manhattan ferry and Skyport terminal along 23rd Street and FDR Drive.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The eight passengers were rescued by the FDNY. Ella Zak for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported in the crash. Ella Zak for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>After the passengers were removed from the plane, the ship was put upright on the water and towed back to the docks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At least five ships were seen aiding in the response, with another seaplane spotted nearby.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation into the crash remains ongoing, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes less than a month after another <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/13\/us-news\/nyc-pilot-passenger-rescued-after-wave-slams-seaplane-near-throggs-neck-bridge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">seaplane was rescued<\/a> from the East River after it was struck by a wave during takeoff and left it struggling in the water near the Throgs Neck Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A seaplane carrying eight people crashed into New York City\u2019s East River on Sunday, with emergency responders rushing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[8108,57,9,56,63,65,64,6649,58],"class_list":["post-287401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-east-river","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-plane-crashes","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}