New York helicopter crash was ‘entirely predictable’, say campaigners

The History of Helicopter Crashes in NYC. And Why Reforms Rarely Stick.

Dozens have died in accidents since helicopters were allowed in the city in 1949. Residents have complained for nearly as long, but reforms rarely stick.

New York helicopter crash was ‘entirely predictable’, say campaigners

Calls to end non-essential traffic at city’s heliports after deaths of Spanish family of five add to at least 38 since 1977The crash of a tourist helicopter on New York’s Hudson River on Thursday that killed a pilot and a Spanish family of five was “entirely predictable”, according to advocates who are calling for the closure of the region’s three heliports to non-essential traffic.“A lot of these helicopters are 30 or even 40 years old, and thi…