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Body found in fuselage from Hudson midair crash
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 09 - 08 - 2009


Divers recovered a piece of a
submerged helicopter and a fourth body Sunday as
investigators searched the Hudson River for wreckage from
the helicopter and a small plane that collided in midair,
killing nine people, according to AP.
Investigators also were searching for pictures and video
of Saturday's accident, which was seen by thousands out
enjoying a beautiful summer day.
Nine people _ three members of a Pennsylvania family in
the private plane, five Italian tourists and a pilot from
New Jersey in the Liberty Tours helicopter _ died in
Saturday's collision. It was the city's worst air disaster
since a 2001 commercial jet crash in Queens that killed 265
people.
One of the Italian victims was a husband celebrating his
25th wedding anniversary, a family friend said. His wife
had stayed behind, but their 16-year-old son was also in
the helicopter.
The fourth body was recovered by midmorning Sunday, two
law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. The
officials spoke on condition of anonymity because all the
bodies have not yet been recovered or identified.
National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Debbie
Hersman said a nearby helicopter pilot saw the plane
approaching the in-flight helicopter and tried to alert his
fellow pilot. He radioed the doomed helicopter and said,
«You have a fixed-wing behind you,» but there was no
response from the pilot, Hersman said.
The pilot then saw the plane's right wing clip the
helicopter, and both aircraft split apart and fell into the
river, she said.
The two aircraft went down just south of the stretch of
river where a US Airways jet landed safely seven months
ago. But this accident was, in Mayor Michael Bloomberg's
words, «unsurvivable.»
On Sunday morning, New York Police Department boats about
100 yards (meters) from Hoboken's waterfront circled three
buoys that marked the wreckage of the helicopter, and three
New Jersey State Police divers were in the choppy waters.
The plane has not yet been found.
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers crane was moved up the
river near the helicopter wreckage, which authorities hoped
to remove by Sunday.
Hersman said the river's strong currents and poor
visibility hampered efforts to recover the bodies and
wreckage.
She said she did not know if there were black boxes or
other recording devices on the two aircraft. Aircraft of
their size are not required to have such equipment.
Hersman said investigators were hoping to find photos and
video of the accident that could help them determine what
happened. A handful of photos have surfaced in the media,
including at least one showing the moment of impact.
The helicopter company, Liberty Helicopters, released the
name of the pilot in the crash: Jeremy Clark, of Lanoka
Harbor, New Jersey.
The plane's pilot was 60-year-old Steven Altman, of
Ambler, Pennsylvania, the two law enforcement officials
told the AP. Also in the plane were 49-year-old Daniel
Altman, of Dresher, Pennsylvania, and his 16-year-old son,
Douglas, the officials said.
The five tourists were from the Bologna, Italy, area. The
two officials identified them as Michele Norelli, 51; his
son Filippo Norelli, 16; Fabio Gallazzi, 49; his wife,
Tiziana Pedroni, 44; and their son Giacomo Gallazzi, 15.
«The trip was a gift from one of Norelli's sisters to
mark the 25th anniversary of his marriage,» Giovanni
Leporati, a friend of the Norelli family, told the AP by
phone. «The anniversary already happened but they took
advantage of the August holidays and went.»
The accident happened in a busy general aviation corridor
over the river where pilots are generally free to pick
their own route, as long as they stay under 1,000 feet (305
meters) and don't stray too close to Manhattan's
skyscrapers.
The skies over the river are often filled with pleasure
craft, buzzing by for a view of the Statue of Liberty.
In January, the river was the scene of a spectacular
aircraft landing that resulted in no loss of life after a
US Airways flight taking off from LaGuardia Airport, in
Queens, slammed into a flock of birds and lost power in
both engines. The plane crash-landed in the river, and all
155 people on board were pulled to safety.
The NTSB has long expressed concern that federal safety
oversight of helicopter tours isn't rigorous enough. The
Federal Aviation Administration hasn't implemented more
than a dozen NTSB recommendations aimed at improving the
safety of the tours, called on-demand flight operations.
A report by the U.S. Department of Transportation's
inspector general last month found that 109 people died in
accidents involving on-demand flights in 2007 and 2008,
while no one died in commercial airline accidents.
Liberty Tours runs sightseeing excursions around the
Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and Manhattan at costs
ranging from $130 to about $1,000.
Two years ago, a Liberty helicopter fell 500 feet (152
meters) from the sky during a sightseeing trip. The pilot
was credited with safely landing the chopper in the Hudson
and helping evacuate her seven passengers.
In 1997, a rotor on one of its sightseeing helicopters
clipped a Manhattan building, forcing an emergency landing.
No one was hurt.


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