DEVELOPING: Helicopter Splits in Half and Crashes into the Hudson River, Killing At Least Five of the Six Aboard – Three Children Were on Aircraft (VIDEO)

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A helicopter has crashed into the Hudson River with three children child reportedly aboard the aircraft.

The New York Post reported that rescue efforts are underway after the chopper went down near Pier 40 on West Houston Street and West Street around 3:15 p.m.

Law enforcement officials confirmed to ABC News that five out of six people on board were killed when the chopper helicopter crashed. There is a search ongoing for the sixth passenger.

Sources confirmed to ABC News that the victims were tourists from Spain.

NYC residents on social media said there was a “loud thumping noise” when the helicopter crashed. The cause appeared to be a broken propeller.

LOOK:

Helicopter crashing into Hudson River. You can see the propellers falling. So sad … pic.twitter.com/6C6aWsS4Ay

— dinoshan (@dinoshanr) April 10, 2025

Here is a video a resident took of the chopper falling from the sky and crashing into the river.

WATCH:

Hudson River Helicopter crash @fox5ny @ABC7 @NBCNewYork @CBSNewYork @njdotcom @News12NJ @CNN @cnnbrk

Credit: Bruce Wall pic.twitter.com/CVy249wApx

— SangriaUltra (@xpertcommander) April 10, 2025

Below is another video a resident took of the crash:

HELICOPTER DOWN IN NEW YORK CITY’S HUDSON RIVERpic.twitter.com/EXCrqheg2a

— NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) April 10, 2025

The FDNY is currently on the scene providing rescue efforts.

UPDATE: An eyewitness has revealed the helicopter split in two, with the rotor flying off in the sky. He said it sounded like a “sonic boom.”

INSANE: Eye witness recounts the moment a helicopter “split in 2, with the rotor flying off in the sky” in the Hudson River in NYC.

So tragic.

“It sounded like a sonic boom on my right. I look up, I literally just see a helicopter splitting in 2, with the rotor flying off in… pic.twitter.com/UDS8O0ue6e

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 10, 2025

Developing….

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