A helicopter has crashed into the Hudson River, the New York Police Department said, the latest in a string of aviation incidents in the past few months.
There’s been at least one fatality, while two people have been rescued and taken to a local hospital, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. Five people were on the flight including three children, the city official said.
Earlier today, a passenger jet carrying at least six members of Congress was clipped by another commercial plane on the ground at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, D.C. The incidents are shaking confidence in the safety of the U.S. aviation system following a deadly midair collision between a U.S. military helicopter and regional passenger jet near Reagan airport in January.
The NYPD in a post on X warned of traffic delays and to expect emergency vehicles along the West Side Highway and Spring Street in Lower Manhattan.
