The New York authorities have appointed two of the adult victims who died in Thursday’s fatal helicopter accident such as Agustín Escobar and Merce Camprubi Montal, a married couple in Spain.
A spokesman for the City Council said during the night that they were among the three adults and three children who died in the accident. The names of the other victims have not yet been formally launched.
It was believed that the three children were the children of the couple and the third adult victim was the pilot.
The cause of the accident is unknown and is under investigation.
Escobar was a senior executive of the German technology firm Siemens and was CEO of the railway infrastructure in its Siemens mobility division. It was previously CEO and president of Siemens Spain, according to an announcement of the company.
Pedro Sánchez, the Prime Minister of Spain, said in a statement about X, translated by the Spanish embassy in Washington, that the accident was “an unimaginable tragedy.”
The helicopter, one of the tourist flights that takes Manhattan’s views, took off from the Wall Street Heliport at 2:59 PM lost control after turning on the George Washington bridge to move along the New Jersey coast some time after 3 pm, officials said.
The video posted on social networks showed that helicopters submerged in the river.
An eyewitness described when seeing the helicopter collapsed while hitting the river.
President Donald Trump described the “terrible” accident in a real social position on Thursday night. “God bless the families and friends of the victims,” he said.
