The Big Apple tourist company involved in the Hudson River helicopter accident that killed Six is closing its operations “immediately,” the Federal Aviation Administration announced Sunday night, three days after the mortal disaster.
A helicopter operated by the tours of New York helicopters are looked at the cold waters of Manhattan Thorsday, killing a Siemens executive, his wife and three young children who visited Spain and the pilot, who was a veteran of the Navy.
“New York helicopter tours, the company involved in the mortal clash in the Hudson earlier this week, is closing the imediatrry operations,” the FAA tweeted.
“We will continually support NTSB investigation. In addition, the FAA will launch an immediate license and the tourist operator’s security record.”
The FAA did not make it clear if the business would close permanently and did not return an email by Seijs Clarity on Sunday night.
When he contacted by phone, the CEO of New York Helicopter Tours, Michael Roth, made the company stop operating in the face of the federal agency’s demand.
“It was my choice, I wanted to close,” he told The Post.
When asked if there was the possibility of returning to operations, Roth replied: “Maybe, I don’t know.”
A day before, a company representative said the business “was not operating until again notice.”
The New York helicopter tours said it was “completely cooperating” with federal officials who investigated the accident in a statement on their website.
“New York helicopter tours are deeply saddened by the tragic accident and loss of lives that occurred on April 10, 2025, which involves one of our helicopters in the Hudson River. In the tours of New York helicopter, the safety and well -being of our passengers and the crew has always been the cornerstone of our operations,” the company said.
“Our imedized approach is to support families and their loved ones affected by this tragedy, as well as a complete cooperation with the research of FAA and NTSB.”
The condemned helicopter was on his eighth flight of the day and lacked a flight recorder before he separated in the air and collapsed in the Hudson, said the National Board of Transport Security Board.
The last inspection date for the helicopter was March 1, the agency said.
Spanish tourists, Augustin Escobar, his wife Merce Montal and his three children, Augustin, 10 years; Mercedes, 8; And Victor, 4, all perished in the accident.
“I want to say that they left together, left without suffering, and left with a smile on their faces, and that is important for us,” Montal’s brother, Joan Camprubí Montal, said on Saturday.
The pilot who perished was identified as Sean Johnson, 36, who had recently moved to the Big Apple.
