A young family and a helicopter pilot who was taking them on a tour of the New York skyline tragically lost their lives this week as their aircraft plunged into the Hudson River. Agustín Escobar ...

The aircraft was carrying a family of five on a sightseeing tour when it went down on Thursday, killing the family and the ...

A family of five tourists and a pilot died after a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York on Thursday amid poor ...

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

The deadly tourist helicopter crash in New York was not the first aircraft to go down in the Hudson River. On Thursday ...

Six people died when a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River Thursday afternoon. Officials said the dead included a family from Spain as well as the pilot.

The Hudson River has seen more than its fair share of tragedy this week after a tourist helicopter crashed into the water.

Video footage has captured the moment that the sight-seeing helicopter crashed into the New York river killing six people.

Six people have died after a helicopter crashed in the Hudson River in New York City on Friday morning (AEST).

The main body of the aircraft was recovered from the river ... The most well-known crash was the "Miracle on the Hudson" in January 2009 when a plane struck birds shortly after taking off from ...

The New York Police Department said Thursday afternoon that there was a helicopter crash into the Hudson River.