Helicopter crashes into river in New York: police

Images showed chopper´s landing skids protruding from river beside Manhattan´s West Side Highway

By AFP
April 11, 2025
Rescue workers and emergency personnel work at the scene of a helicopter crash on the Hudson River near lower Manhattan in New York, as seen from Newport, New Jersey, US, April 10, 2025. —Reuters
Rescue workers and emergency personnel work at the scene of a helicopter crash on the Hudson River near lower Manhattan in New York, as seen from Newport, New Jersey, US, April 10, 2025. —Reuters

NEW YORK: A helicopter crashed into the Hudson river in New York on Thursday, police said without confirming any fatalities, as marine emergency responders attended the scene.

Images showed the chopper´s landing skids protruding from the river beside Manhattan´s West Side Highway as several boats clustered around the impact site.

At least four people were retrieved from the water and taken to hospital in New Jersey, the NBC4 broadcaster reported citing law enforcement at the scene.