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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Watch live: NTSB to hold briefing on Mexican ship's crash into Brooklyn Bridge
The National Safety Transportation Board on Monday will hold a press briefing at 3 p.m. to discuss the Mexican navy training ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday, an incident that left two people on the ship dead and others injured. NTSB member Michael Graham will brief the media during an appearance from the Sheraton Brooklyn New York Hotel. The NTSB has assembled a team in New York to conduct a safety investigation into the crash, involving a ship known as Cuauhtémoc. The team comprises experts in nautical operations, marine and bridge engineering and survival factors. Watch the briefing above. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
19-05-2025
- General
- The Hill
Watch live: NTSB to hold briefing on Mexican ship's crash into Brooklyn Bridge
The National Safety Transportation Board on Monday will hold a press briefing at 3 p.m. to discuss the Mexican navy training ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday, an incident that left two people on the ship dead and others injured. NTSB member Michael Graham will brief the media during an appearance from the Sheraton Brooklyn New York Hotel. The NTSB has assembled a team in New York to conduct a safety investigation into the crash, involving a ship known as Cuauhtémoc. The team comprises experts in nautical operations, marine and bridge engineering and survival factors. Watch the briefing above.
Yahoo
12-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Pilot of helicopter that crashed into Hudson was ‘doing what he loved,' friends say
NEW YORK — The pilot of the doomed tourist helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River was remembered as a driven Navy veteran who died 'doing what he loved,' friends and loved ones said Saturday. 'Flying wasn't just his passion — it was his purpose. He found pure joy in the skies, and it was there that he felt most alive,' Tara Boethin said about Seankese 'Sean' Johnson, who was flying the Bell 206 LongRanger IV that appeared to break apart in midair, overturn and drop from the sky, hitting the water upside down on Thursday afternoon. The National Safety Transportation Board was trying to determine what caused the crash Saturday. NYPD divers were using sonar to locate the copter's main rotor and tail rotor, which flew off the chopper before it crashed, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said at a Friday afternoon press conference. The entire roof structure is also missing. 'Sean had an unmatched ability to lift others up, always ready to listen, to offer support, and to give just the right amount of encouragement to help others chase their dreams,' Boethin said on a GoFundMe post seeking donations for Johnson's family. By Saturday afternoon, more than $16,000 had been raised on the site within 16 hours. Tourists Agustin Escobar, the CEO of Rail Infrastructure at Siemens Mobility, his wife Merce Camprubi Montal, and their three young children Agustín Jr., 10, Mercè, 8, and Víctor, 4, were also killed in the crash. The family came to New York City to the birthday of one of their children, Mayor Adams said Friday. Camprubi Montal was also celebrating a birthday, Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop said. A video on Johnson's Facebook page posted last month shows him flying a Bell 206 helicopter over the Manhattan skyline. 'When it all comes together,' the 36-year-old pilot wrote. His wife was left stunned by the news. 'I'm just at a loss for words. I don't even know what happened,' Kathryn Johnson told Gothamist. 'It's just hard right now.' The couple had been separated for a few months after Johnson moved to New York, but the two remained close and she had spoken to Seankese just the day before the crash, she told reporters. Johnson radioed moments before plummeting into the water that he was desperately low on fuel and was heading back to the helipad, New York Helicopter CEO Michael Roth told The Telegraph. Johnson made the radio transmission just before the 3:15 p.m. crash on the New Jersey side of the river. The helicopter took off from the Downtown Manhattan Heliport in lower Manhattan at about 2:50 p.m. '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. 'I got a call from my manager and my downtown heliport and she said she heard there was a crash, and then my phone blew up from everybody [calling]. Then one of my pilots flew over the Hudson and saw the helicopter upside down.' Johnson first took his passengers up the Hudson River to the George Washington Bridge, where the copter turned around and then headed back south, flying along the New Jersey side of the river before suddenly dropping upside-down into the river near Hoboken, Mayor Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Thursday. The flight lasted less than 18 minutes, officials said. Johnson grew up in Chicago, longtime friends said. He joined the Navy in 2006 and served until 2018, achieving the rank of Gunner's Mate 2nd Class, Defense Department records show. He was stationed on the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan from 2007 to 2011 and in San Diego from 2011 to 2018, serving in the Special Warfare Unit, the Special Warfare Logistics Support Unit and the Coastal Riverine Squadron. Niko Tiapula, who served with Johnson on the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier for three years, said the pilot had 'a work ethic unlike any other.' 'Everyone that he's ever been around with he's always been very nice, very outgoing,' Tiapula told ABC Eyewitness News. Remi Adeleke, who also served in the Navy with Johnson, was amazed by the pilot's 'spirit of resilience.' '[He had a] heart that always looked out for others,' Adeleke wrote on Facebook. 'Even after we both left the Navy, we stayed close — regular calls, meetups, and texts. He'd keep me updated every step of the way through pilot school, sharing milestones and progress. 'He died having achieved the dream he spoke about all those years ago in that SEAL Team workspace,' Adeleke wrote. 'He was so proud, and I was proud of him.' The NTSB's Homendy said Johnson had a commercial pilot certificate and had logged 788 hours of flight time by the end of March, although it wasn't immediately clear if all of that flight time was in the same helicopter that crashed. 'This is the first full day of our investigation, and as you can see, our investigators are still out there,' Homendy told reporters Friday. 'We have a lot of information, but we do not speculate. We need to confirm the information. That is a process that takes time.' Avenues of investigation will include 'reports of a large flock of birds in the area shortly before the crash,' Homendy said. Early speculation before the NTSB arrived was that the helicopter fell victim to a bird strike.
Yahoo
12-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Pilot of helicopter that crashed into Hudson was ‘doing what he loved,' friends say
The pilot of the doomed tourist helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River was remembered as a driven Navy veteran who died 'doing what he loved,' friends and loved ones said Saturday. 'Flying wasn't just his passion — it was his purpose. He found pure joy in the skies, and it was there that he felt most alive,' Tara Boethin said about Seankese 'Sean' Johnson, who was flying the Bell 206 LongRanger IV that appeared to break apart in mid-air, overturn and drop from the sky, hitting the water upside down on Thursday afternoon. The National Safety Transportation Board was trying to determine what caused the crash Saturday. NYPD divers were using sonar to locate the copter's main rotor and tail rotor, which flew off the chopper before it crashed, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said at a Friday afternoon press conference. The entire roof structure is also missing. 'Sean had an unmatched ability to lift others up, always ready to listen, to offer support, and to give just the right amount of encouragement to help others chase their dreams,' Boethin said on a GoFundMe post seeking donations for Johnson's family. By Saturday afternoon, more than $16,000 had been raised on the site within 16 hours. Tourists Agustin Escobar, the CEO of Rail Infrastructure at Siemens Mobility, his wife Merce Camprubi Montal, and their three young children Agustín Jr., 10, Mercè, 8, and Víctor, 4, were also killed in the crash. The family came to New York City to the birthday of one of their children, Mayor Adams said Friday. Camprubi Montal was also celebrating a birthday, Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop said. A video on Johnson's Facebook page posted last month shows him flying a Bell 206 helicopter over the Manhattan skyline. 'When it all comes together,' the 36-year-old pilot wrote. His wife was left stunned by the news. 'I'm just at a loss for words. I don't even know what happened,' Kathryn Johnson told Gothamist. 'It's just hard right now.' The couple had been separated for a few months after Johnson moved to New York, but the two remained close and she had spoken to Seankese just the day before the crash, she told reporters. Johnson radioed moments before plummeting into the water that he was desperately low on fuel and was heading back to the helipad, New York Helicopter CEO Michael Roth told The Telegraph. Johnson made the radio transmission just before the 3:15 p.m. crash on the New Jersey side of the river. The helicopter took off from the Downtown Manhattan Heliport in lower Manhattan at about 2:50 p.m. '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. 'I got a call from my manager and my downtown heliport and she said she heard there was a crash, and then my phone blew up from everybody [calling]. Then one of my pilots flew over the Hudson and saw the helicopter upside down.' Johnson first took his passengers up the Hudson River to the George Washington Bridge, where the copter turned around and then headed back south, flying along the New Jersey side of the river before suddenly dropping upside-down into the river near Hoboken, Mayor Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Thursday. The flight lasted less than 18 minutes, officials said. Johnson grew up in Chicago, longtime friends said. He joined the Navy in 2006 and served until 2018, achieving the rank of Gunner's Mate 2nd Class, Defense Department records show. He was stationed on the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan from 2007 to 2011 and in San Diego from 2011 to 2018, serving in the Special Warfare Unit, the Special Warfare Logistics Support Unit and the Coastal Riverine Squadron. Niko Tiapula, who served with Johnson on the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier for three years, said the pilot had 'a work ethic unlike any other.' Gardiner Anderson / New York Daily NewsA helicopter is seen submerged in the Hudson River near Jersey City, New Jersey, after falling out of the sky midair on Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Gardiner Anderson / New York Daily News) Gardiner Anderson / New York Daily NewsDebris from a helicopter crash is seen in the Hudson River in Jersey City, New Jersey after on Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Gardiner Anderson / New York Daily News) Show CaptionGardiner Anderson / New York Daily News1 of 3The mangled wreckage of a helicopter is lifted from the Hudson River in Jersey City, New Jersey after it crashed on Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Gardiner Anderson / New York Daily News)Expand 'Everyone that he's ever been around with he's always been very nice, very outgoing,' Tiapula told ABC Eyewitness News. Remi Adeleke, who also served in the Navy with Johnson, was amazed by the pilot's 'spirit of resilience.' '[He had a] heart that always looked out for others,' Adeleke wrote on Facebook. 'Even after we both left the Navy, we stayed close — regular calls, meetups, and texts. He'd keep me updated every step of the way through pilot school, sharing milestones and progress. 'He died having achieved the dream he spoke about all those years ago in that SEAL Team workspace,' Adeleke wrote. 'He was so proud, and I was proud of him.' The NTSB's Homendy said Johnson had a commercial pilot certificate and had logged 788 hours of flight time by the end of March, although it wasn't immediately clear if all of that flight time was in the same helicopter that crashed. 'This is the first full day of our investigation, and as you can see, our investigators are still out there,' Homendy told reporters Friday. 'We have a lot of information, but we do not speculate. We need to confirm the information. That is a process that takes time.' Avenues of investigation will include 'reports of a large flock of birds in the area shortly before the crash,' Homendy said. Early speculation before the NTSB arrived was that the helicopter fell victim to a bird strike.
Yahoo
11-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
DC plane crash: NTSB demands urgent restrictions on helicopter routes near Reagan airport after crash that killed 67
The National Safety Transportation Board has found that helicopter traffic out of Ronald Reagan International Airport posed an 'intolerable risk to aviation safety by increasing the chances of a mid-air collision' ahead of a crash last month that resulted in the deaths of 67 people. 'It is stronger than an oversight,' said NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy at a news conference in Arlington, Virginia, where the DCA airport is located, on Tuesday. Sixty-seven people were killed on January 29, when an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines regional jet mid-air over the Potomac River in Washington D.C. American Airlines Flight 5342 was carrying 64 people while on its descent into Ronald Reagan International Airport from Wichita, Kansas, as three soldiers on the helicopter participated in a training mission. It's believed the service members were traveling above their 200-foot allocated air clearance and wearing night-vision goggles that could have obscured their vision. Black Hawk helicopters frequently flew along Route 4, an airway spanning from Hains Point to Wilson Bridge, before the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a restriction after the crash, which is in place until March 31st. The agency is now calling on the department to impose those restrictions indefinitely. 'As that deadline nears, we remain concerned about the significant potential for a future mid-air collision at DCA, which is why we are recommending a permanent solution today,' Homendy said. 'We believe a critical safety issue must be addressed without delay.' Through initial data analysis, investigators determined airport officials had to field one traffic collision alert per month from 2011 to 2024 due to helicopters. Over half of those instances showed helicopters may have been above the route altitude restriction. Two-thirds of the incidents occurred at night. More recently, from October 2021 through December 2024, there were 15,214 instances of close proximity events between commercial airplanes and helicopters in which there was a lateral separation distance of less than one nautical mile and vertical separation of less than 400 feet. The airport logged 944,179 flights during that time. The crash marked the first in a series of US aviation disasters at the start of the year. Two days after the incident, a medevac jet crashed in a residential and commercial area of Philadelphia, killing seven people on board, including 11-year-old Valentina Guzmán Murillo and her mother, Lizeth Murillo Osuna, 31. The pair had just left Shriners Children's Hospital Philadelphia, where Valentina spent five months receiving life-saving treatment. This is a developing story...
