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.