New aerial video captures police, dive team response to fatal Hudson River helicopter crash

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NYPD releases aerial footage of response to the Hudson River helicopter crash

Aerial footage of the response to the Hudson River helicopter crash April 10 shows New York City Police Department divers jumping into the river after the tour helicopter with six people aboard plunged into the water. (Credit: NYPD)

New aerial video footage released by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) shows the moments after a tour helicopter crashed into the Hudson River last week, killing six people, including three children.

Aerial videos of the April 10 response show divers jumping into the murky water from NYPD boats and wading toward the mangled aircraft.

The Bell 206 L-4 helicopter floated upside down as divers worked to recover the pilot and five passengers, including Agustin Escobar, his wife, Mercè Camprubí Montal, and their three young children.

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A crane lifts the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River April 10 in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

During a news conference Wednesday, officials said the NYPD diving unit was searching for a missing person in the river, contributing to its quick response to the Jersey City, New Jersey, coastline.

“The call came over, and we headed to the helicopter crash as quickly as possible,” said NYPD Scuba Unit Officer Joseph Frevola. “We were there in about eight to 10 minutes.”

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Though weather conditions during the rescue were not favorable, Frevola said the team was focused on finding the tail and main rotors of the aircraft to aid in the investigation.

“The current had flipped and [weather conditions were] pretty bad,” he said. “We were horizontal, holding on to the helicopter, as we were rigging it up to hook up to the crane.”

The victims of the helicopter crash in New York City April 10. The family of five killed in the tragedy included Siemens executive Agustin Escobar; his wife, Mercè Camprubí Montal, a global manager at an energy technology company; and three children. The pilot was also killed. (New York Helicopter Tours, LLC)

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced Saturday the aircraft was not equipped with any flight recorders, leaving many questions unanswered.

No onboard video recorders or camera recorders were recovered, and none of the helicopter avionics onboard recorded information that could be used by authorities to determine the cause of the crash.

NTSB FINDS TOUR HELICOPTER THAT CRASHED INTO HUDSON RIVER WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH ANY FLIGHT RECORDERS

Police and firefighters work at the site after a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River near Lower Manhattan April 10 in New York City. (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Divers were able to find the main fuselage, including the cockpit and cabin, the forward portion of the tail boom, horizontal stabilizer finlets and vertical fin, according to the NTSB.

Investigators are continuing to search for wreckage using side-scanning sonar.

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The helicopter’s operator, New York Helicopter Charter Inc., reported the aircraft was last inspected March 1 and completed seven tour flights prior to the wreck.

Authorities are still working to determine the cause of the crash.

Alexandra Koch is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital. Prior to joining Fox News, Alexandra covered breaking news, crime, religion, and the military in the southeast.