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A New York sightseeing helicopter performing a maintenance test flight had to make an emergency landing at a New Jersey container terminal due to suspected engine failure. The two people on board the boat were safe, but the stern broke on the road.
An aircraft performing a maintenance test flight in New Yorksightseeing tour On the 10th the helicopter suffered suspicious engine failure and was forced to make an emergency landing at a cargo terminal in New Jersey.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the Bell 206L-4 helicopter carrying two people landed at about 8:55 am.Manhattan There is a street from the Port Jersey Marine Terminal in Bayonne, across the Hudson River.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey confirmed that no one was injured.
Helicopter operator FlyNYON did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Video taken at the scene showed that a portion of the plane’s rear wing fell on the road, about 30 feet away from the fuselage. FAA records show the helicopter was manufactured in 1999.
Air traffic control recordings show the pilot making a distress call, saying “mayday, mayday, mayday” and saying “we need to land outside the airport.”
The port authority said the helicopter landed a few minutes later not far from the container terminal.
Last year, a Bell 206L-4 sightseeing helicopter crashed into the Hudson River, killing all six on board. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recovered the remains of several swans from the plane’s wreckage, indicating that the helicopter may have hit a flock of birds before it crashed.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General last week launched an audit of regulations on sightseeing helicopters, citing “long-standing concerns about the safety of the industry and whether the current regulatory framework provides adequate protections.”
Assistant Inspector General Marshall Jackson said there have been at least 58 sightseeing helicopter crashes in the United States since 2008.
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A Bell 206L-4 helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing due to a suspected engine failure during a maintenance test flight. It ended at New Jersey Freight Terminal Road, across the river from Manhattan.
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The Port of New Jersey said none of the two people aboard the helicopter were injured. However, video from the scene showed that a portion of the plane’s rear section fell on the road about 30 feet away from the fuselage, indicating that the fuselage was severely damaged.
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Because a similar sightseeing helicopter crashed into the Hudson River last year, killing six people, and the US Department of Transportation’s inspector general has launched an audit of relevant regulations, external concerns about industry safety and inadequate supervision have once again risen.
