Gone quiet · last update Jul 16, 2026 / Hudson River
The Hudson River sightseeing helicopter crash that killed six
Overview · reviewed October 28, 2026
On April 10, 2025, a sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed into the Hudson River near New York City, killing the pilot and a family of five, including Siemens executive Agustin Escobar.[1][2]In July 2026 the National Transportation Safety Board said the helicopter had hit a flock of geese.[2]
Follow this story to see new developments when you return.
In July 2026 the National Transportation Safety Board said the helicopter had hit a flock of geese.[2]
Coverage over time
Share of tracked outlets · weekly (UTC)
38%
Apr 20252026this week
LeftCenterRight
Each bar is the share of the outlets on our Left / Center / Right rating scale that we tracked publishing that week which carried reporting on this story, split by the outlets' ratings.We track more outlets now than in the archive, so a share keeps earlier and later weeks comparable. An outlet counts once a week however much it published, and outlets in one ownership or syndication group count as one on each side they appear on. A rating describes the outlet, not the report. A gap means no such reports were collected that week, not that nothing was reported anywhere. Weeks run Monday to Sunday in UTC, so a report published on a Sunday evening in US Eastern time counts in the next week. 4 more outlets off the scale (not rated, or outside the left-right graphs) also reported; they are not in this chart. See them.
Weekly counts, outlets and reports (4 weeks with coverage)
Outlets on the rating scale that carried this story each week, of the outlets tracked that week, newest first
Week of (UTC)
Left
Center
Right
Of tracked
Share
Receipts
Jul 13, 2026
7
24
5
36 of 559
6%
May 5, 2025
4
3
2
9 of 201
4%
Apr 14, 2025
8
25
5
38 of 201
19%
Apr 7, 2025
19
34
20
73 of 194
38%
Latest coverage
The newest reporting in this story's record.
Jul 15, 2026 · first reported · Headline from WFAA Dallas
Its rotor blades and tail boom detached in the air, leaving the pilot unable to save himself or his passengers, an aviation expert said,[3] and surveillance images showed the fuselage separating.[4] The tour operator, New York Helicopter, shut down operations,[5] and the Federal Aviation Administration issued an emergency order grounding it after learning it had fired its operations director minutes after he agreed to suspend flights.[6]
