The helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River near New York was not equipped with flight recorders and had no video cameras or other recording devices, which complicates the investigation into the causes of the disaster.
This is reported by ABCNews, writes UNN.
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The National Transportation Safety Board said the helicopter was not equipped with flight recorders.
No onboard video recorders or recording cameras were found, and no onboard avionics of the helicopter recorded information that could be used for the investigation.
According to the NTSB, the helicopter underwent its last major inspection on March 1. According to the NTSB, on the day of the accident, the helicopter made seven excursion flights and was on its eighth flight when the accident occurred.
Work is currently underway to remove the wreckage of the helicopter, including the main gearbox, rotor and parts of the tail boom, which will be sent to the laboratory for further analysis.
As Spiegel writes, it was initially completely unclear how the Bell 206 plane crashed.
According to available data, the helicopter took off from downtown Manhattan at approximately 3:00 p.m. local time, flew around the southern edge of Manhattan, and then flew along the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey.
It turned around near the northern edge of Manhattan - a few minutes later, the pilot apparently lost control of the helicopter, and it crashed into the river not far from the coast of New Jersey.
The investigation continues.
Based on video recordings of the accident, aviation expert and lawyer Justin Green suspects that a "catastrophic mechanical failure" prevented the pilot from saving the plane. It is possible that the rotors caught the tail boom, causing the helicopter to fall apart and the cabin to go into free fall.
Let us remind you
On Thursday, April 10, a helicopter crashed in the Lower Manhattan area of New York. It fell into the Hudson River. Six people died in the disaster.