{"id":297952,"date":"2026-07-16T19:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/297952\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T19:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:24:09","slug":"news-12-brooklyn-nyc-helicopter-that-crashed-and-killed-6-last-year-shows-signs-of-bird-strike-ntsb-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/297952\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Brooklyn | Nyc Helicopter That Crashed And Killed 6 Last Year Shows Signs Of Bird Strike Ntsb Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The remains of several geese were found on the wreckage of a sightseeing helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River last year in New York City and killed 6 people, investigators said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The National Transportation Safety Board reports released Thursday describe evidence and witness reports suggesting the helicopter struck several birds before it plummeted into the river on April 10, 2025.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The Federal Aviation Administration has said that helicopters are especially vulnerable to bird strikes because they fly at low altitudes. Helicopter bird strikes are unusual, but they can be devastating.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">RELATED: <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/news12.com\/lawmakers-push-tougher-sightseeing-helicopter-rules-commemorate-hudson-river-tragedy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lawmakers push tougher sightseeing helicopter rules, commemorate Hudson River tragedy <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">RELATED: <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/news12.com\/ntsb-witnesses-heard-bangs-coming-from-helicopter-that-crashed-on-the-hudson-river\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New NTSB report shows helicopter breaking apart midair before fatal Hudson River crash<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The victims of last year\u2019s accident included a Siemens business executive from Spain, his family and the pilot. Passengers Agustin Escobar, 49; his wife, Merc\u00e8 Camprub\u00ed Montal, 39; and their three children, Victor, 4; Mercedes, 8; and Agustin, 10, all died. The pilot was Seankese Johnson, 36, a U.S. Navy veteran who received his commercial pilot\u2019s license in 2023.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The crash renewed safety concerns about the popular sightseeing flights and prompted New Jersey\u2019s governor to ask for additional restrictions on nonessential helicopter flights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The remains of several geese were found on the wreckage of a sightseeing helicopter that crashed into the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-297952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297952","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=297952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}