A New York City sightseeing helicopter was forced into an emergency landing after one of its engines cut out midair.
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The Bell 206 took off from Kearny, New Jersey, on Tuesday before touching down in Bayonne, also New Jersey, while on its way towards the city.
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According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), two people were aboard the flight with CNN reporting that it was on a maintenance flight when it had to come down.
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The outlet reported that the frantic pilot called in a mayday, saying: 'Mayday, Mayday, Mayday.
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We have low RPMs, we need to land outside the airport.
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We have an engine out, we’re going to land at Bayonne piers.'
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Images have since emerged showing the chopper on the ground beside a number of cargo containers, the tail of it was ripped off and hanging from a fence.
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A number of pieces of what looks to be white debris can be seen scattered around the ground also.
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At the time of going down, the aircraft was being operated by FlyNYON.
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The Daily Mail has approached the company for comment.
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Their website said: 'The NYON Team combines over three generations of aviation experience and 50,000+ flight hours.'
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The Bell 206 took off from Kearny, New Jersey, on Tuesday before touching down in Bayonne, also New Jersey, while on its way towards the city
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, two people were aboard the flight with CNN reporting that it was a maintenance flight
Images have since emerged showing the chopper on the ground beside a number of cargo containers, the tail of it was ripped off and hanging from a fence
The FAA is working with the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate what went wrong on the flight, officials said.
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The emergency landing comes after a family-of-five were killed while on a sightseeing helicopter that went down over the Hudson River last April.
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Agustín Escobar, a Siemens executive from Spain, his wife Merce Camprubi Montal and their three children aged four, eight and ten were killed when their chopper plunged into the waters.
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The family were on vacation in New York to celebrate the birthday of one of their daughters.
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They had just arrived from Barcelona and embarked on their first day touring the Big Apple, taking a scenic trip in the helicopter around the Statue of Liberty and up to the George Washington Bridge.
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Terrifying footage captured of their flight's final moments showed a rotor blade hitting the water and seemingly separating from the aircraft.
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Michael Roth, 71, who owns New York Helicopter which provided the tour and the chopper, said the aircraft was running out of fuel before it crashed.
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'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.
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Roth said he was devastated by the crash.
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Heartbreaking photos showed the Escobar parents and their kids, aged four, eight and ten, posing on the helipad and inside the aircraft before the crash.
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Agustín Escobar, a Siemens executive from Spain, his wife Merce Camprubi Montal and their three children, aged four, eight and ten, took photos just before the crash
The aircraft was operated by New York Helicopter, a local tour company.
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The chopper appeared to be a N216MH – a Bell 206L-4, the same as Tuesday's incident.
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The Bell 206 flew for approximately 16 minutes before going down into the water.
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It took off from the Wall Street Heliport and did a circle near the Statue of Liberty.
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It then turned and went north up the Hudson River to the George Washington Bridge where it eventually went down.
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In 2018, a doors-off sightseeing helicopter crashed into the city's East River and killed all five passengers onboard.
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The passengers who died were Brian McDaniel, 26, Trevor Cadigan, 26, Carla Vallejos Blanco, 29, Tristan Hill, 29, and Daniel Thompson, 34.
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The helicopter crashed after a tether meant to keep passengers safe got caught on a fuel shutoff switch a few minutes into the scheduled 30-minute flight, stopping the engine, the pilot told investigators.
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The pilot said once the engine stopped, he took action to glide the helicopter away from crowded areas – like tall buildings and Central Park – but hadn't noticed the fuel shutoff switch was the culprit until he looked down at it just before impact.
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