said in a statement<\/a> on the social platform X.<\/p>\nThe FAA said it will launch \u201can immediate review of the tour operator’s license and safety record,\u201d and will \u201ccontinue to support\u201d the National Transportation Safety Board\u2019s (NTSB) investigation of the crash.<\/p>\n
\u201cSafety is the FAA\u2019s number one priority, and we will not hesitate to act to protect the flying public,\u201d the agency added.<\/p>\n
The announcement came hours after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called on federal authorities to revoke New York Helicopter Tours’s operating permits and order the company to halt flights.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, a sightseeing helicopter broke apart midair and crashed in the Hudson River, around 15 minutes after it took off from the Downtown Skyport in Lower Manhattan, authorities said.<\/p>\n
All six people on board the helicopter, including the pilot and a family from Spain, died in the crash, officials said. The father, Agustin Escobar, was an executive at the German technology giant Siemens. <\/p>\n
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the aircraft was not equipped with any flight recorders in an update on Saturday evening. <\/p>\n
“No onboard video recorders or camera recorders have been recovered and none of the helicopter avionics onboard recorded information that could be used for the investigation,” the agency said.<\/p>\n
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