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Another Plane Crash in the Hudson River, Coverage Begins

By Jeralyn

A small plane and helicopter collided today above the Hudson River. Both went down. The massive media coverage begins, Mediaite says look to Twitter for eye witness accounts and pics.

What I'm seeing on Twitter: 8 dead, including 1 child. Mayor Bloomberg says effort has changed from rescue to recovery. ("Pilot plus 2 others incl child in small aircraft; 6 Italian tourists + pilot in helicopter.")

A news report:

The plane, a Piper PA-32, took off from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, and the helicopter was a Eurocopter AS 350 owned by Liberty Tours, a sightseeing and charter company, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

The plane was headed to Ocean City, N.J., with three people aboard, FAA spokesman Jim Peters said. The helicopter had just taken off from a heliport on Manhattan's West side and it was believed to be carrying five passengers and one crew member, he said.

1:15 pm MT: Mayor Bloomberg on CNN live now, watch here. (Update: 1:19 pm: Presser over, Bloomberg says no happy endings this time, total recovery effort, no cause yet, no ID's of victims yet. )

Full post as published by TalkLeft on August 08, 2009 (boomark / email).