New York helicopter company

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Sunday night that the company that runs the helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday, killing all the six people on board, will close “immediately”.

The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement on X.

The Federal Aviation Administration said it will launch an “immediate review of a license and safety registry record,” and will continue to support “the investigation of the National Transport Safety Council (NTSB) in the accident.

The agency added: “Safety is the first FAA priority, and we will not hesitate to act in order to protect the flying audience.”

This announcement came hours after the Senate minority leader Chuck Shomer (DN.Y.) called on the federal authorities to cancel the operation of helicopters in New York and ordered the company to stop flights.

The authorities said that a helicopter to see the city’s landmarks had separated from the air and crashed into the Hudson River, about 15 minutes after its launch from the center of Skypeport in the lower Manhattan.

Officials said that all the six people on the helicopter, including the pilot and a family from Spain, died in the accident. The father, Agustin Escobar, was an executive official at the giant Siemes company for German technology.

The National Transport Safety Council (NTSB) said that the plane was not equipped with any flying recordings on Saturday evening update.

The agency said: “Video recordings or camera recorders have not been recovered on the plane, and none of the Air helicopters have been recovered on the plane that can be used for investigation,” the agency said.

The Associated Press contributed.