NEW YORK (AP) — A helicopter crashed Thursday into the Hudson River just off Manhattan, killing six people, officials said. The fire department said it received a report of a helicopter in the water at 3:17 p.m. A official told The Associated Press that six people were aboard, and all were dead.

A helicopter shattered in midair and slammed upside-down into the Hudson River Thursday afternoon, killing all six people on board.

The victims are three adults and three children, New York authorities say, including a family visiting from Spain.

A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York on Thursday afternoon, killing all six people on board. One witness said she saw the aircraft "kept spinning in the air" before falling into the river.

Spanish tourists were on board a helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River near New York City. CBS News' Lilia Luciano reports on the deadly incident.

A tourist helicopter crashed in New York's Hudson River off lower Manhattan on Thursday afternoon, killing all six people on board. It was the latest in a series of accidents involving choppers operating around the city in recent years.

Five of the individuals on board were a family of tourists from Spain and the sixth person was the pilot, officials say.

The National Transportation Safety Board is calling on witnesses of the Hudson River helicopter crash on Thursday to come forward. A Bell 206 helicopter carrying a family of Spanish tourists crashed into the Hudson River around 3 p.

A sightseeing helicopter plunged from the sky into the Hudson River on Thursday, turning a family outing above Manhattan’s misty skyline into a tragedy.