HOBOKEN, N.J. —The nine victims presumed dead in the midair crash of a tourist helicopter and plane above the Hudson River include five Italian tourists and a suburban Philadelphia pilot.Two law enforcement officials tell The Associated Press the plane's pilot is 60-year-old Steven Altman, of Ambler, Pa. Also in the plane were 49-year-old Daniel Altman, of Dresher, Pa.; and his 16-year-old son, Douglas.
WASHINGTON - A helicopter hit by a small plane over the Hudson River wasn't initially visible to an air traffic controller handling the plane, federal safety officials say in a revised account of the deadly collision.
WASHINGTON - Federal safety officials investigating a midair collision over the Hudson River changed their account of the accident on a key point Monday, saying an air.
WASHINGTON - Officials say the air traffic controller handling the small plane involved in a deadly crash with a helicopter over the Hudson River was chatting on the telephone.
An air traffic controller who was making a personal phone call when a small plane and a helicopter collided over New York's Hudson River has been removed from duty along with his supervisor.
A small plane collided with a sightseeing helicopter carrying a group of Italian tourists over the Hudson River in New York City Saturday, plunging both aircraft into the water and apparently killing all nine people aboard.
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