Finally, the Army Corps of Engineers pulled up the single engine plane involved in Saturday’s mid-air collision. The remaining two bodies were recovered from the plane, according to the NYPD. Nine people died in Saturday’s crash when a Liberty Tours helicopter collided with a single engine plane.

Mid Air Collision Recovery Efforts

Photos taken at 1540EDT from Hoboken, New Jersey
Recovery efforts continued today to bring up the single engine plane and its two remaining occupants from the Hudson River. This morning recovery crews were unable to bring up the plane because of traitorous currents. Officials hoped to try again in the afternoon but that has not happened.
On Saturday, a Liberty Tour helicopter carrying five Italian tourists collided with a single engine Piper, carrying three members of the same family over the Hudson River killing nine.

Mid Air Collision Recovery Effort

Recovery efforts continued today to bring up the single engine plane and its two remaining occupants from the Hudson River. On Sunday, divers brought up the remains of the helicopter that crashed with a single engine plane in the crowded New York skies over the weekend. Nine people died in Saturday’s tragedy with seven bodies recovered to date. Five Italian tourists and the helicopter pilot from Liberty Tours died along with three family members in the plane. There are calls today for change to the air traffic rules around New York City. Under the Visual Flight Rules around New York, aircraft flying under 1100 ft. are required to communicate with each other on a delegated radio frequency. Current speculation favors one of aircraft involved in Saturdays collision, was not tuned into the right radio frequency.

Helicopter and Plane Collide Over Hudson

The Coast Guard is searching the Hudson River for bodies from a mid-air collision between a helicopter and a small plane near Hoboken, New Jersey. The accident was reported to have occurred around noon today.
Three people were reportedly onboard the small airplane, a Piper Saratoga that took off from Teterboro Airport, N.Y. and the helicopter, which was later confirmed to be a Liberty Tours helicopter, was reportedly carrying six to seven people.
Two bodies have been recovered from the Hudson River.