The new details about the accident of the helicopter crashed in the Hudson River, in New York, -In who died Agustín Escobar, Mercè Camprubí and their three children- reveal that the aircraft lacked the necessary equipment to register incidents. Thus, the investigation into the incident that left six deaths, five of them members of the Spanish family, is complicated. Escobar was CEO of Siemens Spain AND EXECUTIVE CAMPRUBÍ OF THE SAME COMPANY AND FAMILY Presidents of Barça.
Neither recorders, nor video cameras, nor a plane system with which to record information. The helicopter did not have any of the instruments that would have provided utility data for the inquiries carried out by the National Board of Transportation (NTSB) of the US, who continues with his work.
According to the latest information, the authorities continue the exploration of the waters of the Hudson River to locate the remains of the helicopter. They specifically seek the main rotor, the main gearbox, the tail rotor and much of the helicopter’s tail arm. To do this, the divers From the New York Police Department they use a side sweeping sound that identifies possible locations.
What has been recovered, for the moment, is the Main fuselage -What includes the control cab and the passenger cabin-, the front of the tail tube, the horizontal stabilizer and the vertical fin. In addition, the helicopter flight control system has begun to be evaluated.
The NTSB managers have held a meeting with representatives of New York Helicopter Charter Inc.the helicopter operator, and has reviewed the operational records, policies and procedures and security management systems.
As it has been known, the company dragged financial problems and debts since 2010. In addition, it was involved in others two accidents in just two years: In 2013, one of the helicopters had to make an emergency landing on the Hudson River during a tourist flight, while in 2015 another of them also practiced a forced landing. Later it was learned that this last aircraft had also had a similar problem in Chile, five years before.
With regard to the helicopter in which the Spanish family died, the NTSB has proven that it passed its last important inspection on March 1, and that before the incident had made another 7 tourist flightsso this was the eighth of the day.
