Aircraft down in Hudson being reported

[MarkLawrence]

Ohhh...so sad...our prays go to the families as well..

[coachrowsey]

Looks like right wing severed from acft.

[wunaladreamin]

The plane was N71MC, and the helo was N401LH.

RIP.

[NIKV69]

FOX will have family that snapped the pictures of the collision on in a few for those who haven't see them. They are riveting.

[moose135]

The plane was N71MC, and the helo was N401LH.

RIP.

Sadly, I shot N401LH two years ago arriving at the Wall Street Heliport


RIP

[Matt Molnar]

If you haven't seen it yet, NYCA friend runway27r from Philly caught a shot of the Piper on a much happier day about a year ago.



Also, NYCA'er Futterman was blogging the events, more updates soon...
:arrow: Plane and Helicopter Collide Over the Hudson, Nine Believed Dead

[moose135]

WNBC-TV used Paul's photo on the 6pm news.

[runway27r]

I'm being swamped with emails & phone calls for usage. I gave the rights in print in the NYC area to the Post. They are paying. :borat: I did not give permission to any network TV, but......

I was out at PHL and got home and found emails from Fox, ABC & NBC, after seeing it on ABC.

It will also appear in the Star Ledger, which was OK with the Post.
Sorry it had to be such tragic circumstances.

And they didn't find it on A.Net :shock:

Paul

[moose135]

NTSB is briefing right now. Another Liberty Helicopter pilot was at the heliport and witnessed the crash. He said the helicopter was heading southbound, and the Piper closed on it from behind. He radioed a warning to the chopper pilot, but received no response prior to the Piper hitting it from behind.

[fly.mcs]

Back in April my family came from France to visit NY and we all took a tour on N130RU with Liberty. My first time in a helicopter, my father was terrified ..it was a very enjoyable flight. So sad this one turned out the way it did.

[PhilDernerJr]

Very sad to hear.

We wil probably see some drastic changes to the airspace around Manhattan, with this on top of what we saw a few years ago with Corey Lidle.

Any links around to those photos of the crash?

RIP.

[wunaladreamin]

Very sad to hear.

We wil probably see some drastic changes to the airspace around Manhattan, with this on top of what we saw a few years ago with Corey Lidle.

Any links around to those photos of the crash?

RIP.

http://www.repubblica.it/2006/05/gal...-hudson/1.html

[PhilDernerJr]

Wow. Look like Circle Line helped out a little there.

Anyone know if all are recovered?

[moose135]

Anyone know if all are recovered?

No, three have been recovered, from the NTSB briefing it was two adults and the child. The helicopter has been located and marked, and one body has been spotted in that wreckage. The recovery operation ended for the night and will resume in the morning.

[Gerard]

>We wil probably see some drastic changes to the airspace around Manhattan, with this on top of what we saw a few years ago with Corey Lidle.i<

I hope we dont see kneejerk reactions to this very tragic accident but I do know from listening and hearing from helo pilots
flying on the Hudson corridor that their biggest worry is what happened today, fixed wing pilots unfamiliar with the area and
not utilizing their radios and monitoring the 123.050 frequency and not paying attention. I would think the biggest change
would be having ATC (LGA or EWR) controlling the whole airspace on the Hudson. But I can also see the anti-helicopter/aviation
zealots grabbing onto this and making a lot of noise. Thankfully Mayor Mike is a helo/fixed wing pilot and he wont let these
people bully him. Listening to the so-called experts on Fox and CNN today made me cringe. But listening to Mayor Mikes news
conference was like a breath of fresh air.