Friday 18 / April / 2025
According to media reports, the CEO of Siemens Spain and Global CEO of Rail Infrastructure at Siemens Mobility, Agustín Escobar, was killed in a helicopter crash in New York on Thursday, April 10, 2025.
The sightseeing helicopter crashed into the Hudson River, killing all six people on board, including Escobar, his wife, Mercè Camprubí Montal, their three children, and the pilot.
What do we know about the crash?
The helicopter had taken off at 2:59 pm local time (6:59 pm UTC) before crashing about 20 minutes later.
Officials and witnesses said the aircraft's propeller and tail had come off in midair before hitting the water upside down.
Four of the deceased were pronounced dead at the scene after police and fire department divers had pulled them out of the water. Two others died in hospital shortly after.
The Hudson River is a busy shipping channel that lies west of Manhattan and it was also the scene of a dramatic event in 2009 dubbed the "Miracle on the Hudson," when a US Airways jet safely landed in the water, with all 155 people on board escaping safely.
US broadcaster CBS reported the helicopter had been a tourist charter flight, which had flown over Governor's Island and then near the Statue of Liberty.
Marine emergency responders attended the scene, with water temperatures around 45 degrees Fahrenheit (6 degrees Celsius).
The weather conditions in the area were overcast skies, with visibility over the river not substantially impaired.
The US Federal Aviation Administration identified the helicopter as a Bell 206, which is commonly used in commercial and government aviation.
