“Chilling Last Words: What a NYC Helicopter Pilot Said Moments Before the Fatal Crash Leaves the Internet Speculating”
Agustín Escobar, president and CEO of Siemens Spain, his wife Merce Camprubi Montal, a global manager at an energy technology company, were among the victims.
Their children, aged 4, 5 and 11, and the pilot also did not survive the latest US aviation disaster.
The sightseeing helicopter crashed the very same day the family of five Spanish tourists arrived in New York City
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The family had climbed aboard the sightseeing helicopter and took off around 2:59 p.m. from the downtown Manhattan heliport.
The Bell 206 helicopter was operated by New York Helicopter Tours and was in the air for about 15 to 20 minutes before it crashed.
At 3:17pm, the pilot had made a call saying they were returning for fuel, according to Michael Roth, 71, the owner of the company that operated the ill-fated chopper.
Michael Roth, the owner of New York Helicopter Tours, said the pilot called saying they needed more fuel
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“He called in that he was landing and that he needed fuel, and it should have taken him about three minutes to arrive,” the owner told The Telegraph.
“But 20 minutes later, he didn’t arrive,” he added.
After Roth received a flood of phone messages, one of his company’s other pilots flew over the Hudson River and “saw the helicopter upside down.”
“The d**th of the child, of any human being, is a monumental disaster,” Michael said
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“We’re all devastated,” he told the outlet. “Every employee in our company is devastated. My wife has not stopped crying.”
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