A HELICOPTER with at least five people on board has crashed into the Hudson River near New York City, with multiple fatalities feared.
Terrifying videos show the chopper turned completely upside down and bubbling underneath the 50-degree water’s surface after the wreck.
No casualties have been confirmed, but local reports indicate a child may have died in the crash, according to News 12.
At least five people were on board the helicopter, according to the New York Post.
Bruce Wall, a witness to the accident, filmed a video that seemed to capture the helicopter breaking apart in mid-air and then plummeting into the waters close to West Side Highway and Spring Street.
Fire crews have arrived to investigate the crash and search for survivors on land and in the water, FDNY told The U.S. Sun.
Footage recorded from the shoreline reveals part of the helicopter submerged in the water while New York Police Department boats approach the scene.
The NYPD has warned that emergency vehicles would be flocking the scene, and traffic may be backed up.
The crash appears to have occurred closer to the New Jersey side of the river.
The Coast Guard has paused boat traffic until they clear the scene.
EERIE WARNING
The tragic crash happened just one day after an anti-helicopter group raised the alarm on an increase in New York City air traffic.
Andrew Rosenthal, the head of Stop the Chop NY/NJ, drew parallels between the surge in helicopter flights and the tragic Washington DC incident that resulted in the loss of 64 lives.
“That was 100 percent foreseeable and preventable,” Rosenthal said, according to the Staten Island Advance.
“And we have the same exact, maybe worse, situation here in New York City.”
Rosenthal fears that helicopters are “sneaking under” approved elevations and worried there could be a devastating wreck in the near future.
“The difference is when it happens here, it’s going to take out several blocks of residential homes,” he warned.
“It’s going to be much worse.”
