Pilot, family of 5 from Spain killed after helicopter crashes into Hudson River
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... Six people were killed after a tourist helicopter carrying a family from Spain crashed into New York City's Hudson River on Thursday afternoon.

The crash was reported at 3:17 p.m. on the Jersey City side of the Hudson.

Agustin Escobar, a Siemens executive from Barcelona, Spain, his wife Merce Camprubi Montal, and their children, ages 4, 5, and 11, were killed in the crash, law enforcement sources told ABC News.

The pilot, who was 36, was also killed, making a total six people.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the helicopter was operated by New York Helicopters.

The FAA believes the helicopter is a Bell 206 and appears to have taken off from the Downtown Manhattan Heliport at 2:59 p.m. It went up to the George Washington Bridge before turning back south along the Jersey side of the river.

It went off radar at 3:25 p.m.

Video shared with Eyewitness News appeared to show pieces of the helicopter break apart and crash into the water. Officials say the helicopter hit the water inverted, without a tail rotor or a main rotor blade. ...