Doomed Hudson River helicopter was once featured in video touting safety record — as beleaguered company says it’s not operating until further notice

The New York City circuit chopper that plummeted into nan Hudson River Thursday, sidesplitting six people, was erstwhile utilized successful a now-chilling promotional video trumpeting nan alleged information grounds of nan sightseeing company, which has stalled operations indefinitely.

A typical for New York Helicopters said nan institution is “not operating until further notice” — conscionable days aft a family of 5 visiting from Spain and their aviator were killed successful nan horrific crash.

In a connection posted to its site, nan patient said it was “profoundly saddened by nan tragic mishap and nonaccomplishment of life that occurred connected April 10, 2025, involving 1 of our helicopters successful nan Hudson River.”

The connection insisted “the information and well-being of our passengers and unit has ever been nan cornerstone of our operations,” and that company’s “immediate attraction is supporting nan families and their loved ones affected by this tragedy, arsenic good arsenic afloat cooperating pinch nan FAA and NTSB investigations.”

Footage of nan doomed Bell 206L chopper is still disposable connected nan firm’s website nether a conception called “Why Choose Us,” and YouTube.

In nan video, which doesn’t person sound, a man is seen checking nan copter up of a planned takeoff.

“We person an industry-leading information record,” nan website states alongside nan clip.

The ill-fated chopper took disconnected from Manhattan’s Downtown Skyport astatine astir 1:50 p.m. Thursday, with Siemens executive Agustin Escober, his wife, Mercè Camprubí Montal, and their 3 young children — Augustin, 10, Mercedes, 8, and Victor, 4 — aboard.

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The family, who hailed from Barcelona, Spain, were flown by Sean Johnson, 36, a Navy seasoned who precocious moved to nan Big Apple for his still-young aviation career. 

The chopper collapsed adjacent nan shoreline of Jersey City, New Jersey, moments aft nan main and tail rotor detached from nan assemblage of nan aircraft.

The nonstop origin of nan clang has yet to beryllium wished and could return weeks, officials said.

The information video shows nan achromatic and achromatic copter’s main rotor leaf tied to a dolly. The man successful nan video past unties nan statement from nan dolly and walks astir nan craft pulling nan main rotor via nan rope. 

The man is besides filmed climbing onto nan broadside of nan chopper and inspecting nan motor and thrust shaft earlier hopping into nan cockpit, wherever he conducts much checks of nan aircraft’s tools.

The Bell 206L was manufactured successful 2004 and had already logged 12,728 hours of formation clip erstwhile it was forced into repair backmost successful September for a mechanical rumor pinch its transmission assembly.

In April 2023, nan FAA issued 2 information a for each Bell 206L exemplary helicopters.