Plane Crash Hudson River

Plane Crash Hudson River, A helicopter and plane have crashed into each other over New York’s Hudson River today, with early reports of at least one casualty.

Six people were aboard the helicopter, which belongs to Liberty Helicopter Sightseeing Tours, Browne said.

It was not clear who among the dead and the rescued were aboard which aircraft.

The plane that crashed, a Piper PA-32, had taken off from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, officials from the Federal Aviation Administration told The Associated Press. The chopper is a Eurocopter AS 350, the AP reported.

A witness who told the AP that he saw the crash from the shore in Hoboken, N.J., said the helicopter “dropped like a rock” and that the plane lost its wing. He said he heard a loud pop that sounded like a car backfire.

Browne said police have received reports of debris found on the New Jersey side of the river including a “tire that appears to have come from one of the aircraft.”

NY1, the cable news station, has been showing images of boats converging on the Hudson between Hoboken and Manhattan, with the crash site closer to the New Jersey side.

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