by Nicholas McEntyre at New York Post
The owner of the NYC helicopter tour company claimed the doomed chopper was en route back to base to refuel before crashing into the Hudson River, killing all six onboard, including a family of five.
New York Helicopter Tour CEO Michael Roth said the pilot of the aircraft had radioed about needing more fuel minutes before the tourist chopper plunged into the murky water on Thursday.
“He [the pilot] called in that he was landing and that he needed fuel, and it should have taken him about three minutes to arrive, but 20 minutes later, he didn’t arrive,” Roth told the Telegraph.
The five passengers have been identified as a family from Spain visiting the Big Apple on vacation.
Agustin Escobar, his wife, Merce Camprubi Montal, and their three children were killed along with their pilot, who was later identified as 36-year-old Navy SEAL veteran Sean Johnson.
The couple’s kids were 10-year-old Augustin,…
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