“Chilling Last Words: What a NYC Helicopter Pilot Said Moments Before the Fatal Crash Leaves the Internet Speculating”
Witnesses recalled seeing parts of the aircraft coming apart mid-air
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In the moments before the helicopter plunged into the river, witnesses saw parts of the aircraft coming apart mid-air.
“The helicopter was a little bit like nose down, slightly, and I saw the propeller separating from the helicopter,” witness Sarah Jane Raymond Ryer told CBS News.
“It kept spinning in the air alone,” she added. “Nothing was attached to it.”
“I saw the propeller separating from the helicopter,” one witness said
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CBS News New York’s Dan Rice, who frequently flies the same helicopter model, said it appeared as though the aircraft experienced a “catastrophic failure.”
“There’s one video in particular where you see the main component of the helicopter, the fuselage, upside down. And what struck me, what scared me, is the main rotor system was gone,” he said.
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“There’s no main rotor on the helicopter,” he continued. “And the tail boom was also gone, and it’s just a vessel at that point with no direction.”
Justin Green, an aviation lawyer who was a helicopter pilot in the Marine Corps, also believes a “catastrophic mechanical failure” may have led to the accident, leaving the pilot helpless with no way of saving his passengers.
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