Schumer seeks to halt flights for New York helicopter company after deadly Hudson River crash
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on federal authorities to revoke the operating permits of the helicopter tour company whose sightseeing chopper broke apart in midair and plunged into the Hudson River Thursday, killing a family of five visiting from Spain and the pilot, a Navy SEAL Ветеран.
По време на конференция в неделя Шумер съобщи, че компанията, Ню Йорк Хеликоптер Турс, би трябвало да се изисква да спре всички полети, защото Националният съвет за сигурност на превоза проверява смъртоносна злополука.
The Senate Democrat minority leader also called on the Federal Aviation Administration to ramp up safety inspections for other helicopter tour companies, accusing them of “cutting corners and putting profits over people. ”
The victims included passengers Agustin Escobar, 49, his wife, Mercè Camprubí Montal, 39, and their three children, Victor, 4, Mercedes, 8, and Агустин, 10. Пилотът беше 36 -годишният Шенкез Джонсън, деец от Военноморски сили...
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