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Helicopter crashes into NYC’s Hudson River after it ‘split in half’ mid-flight

A helicopter has crashed into the Hudson River, in New York.

At around 3.15pm Eastern Time today (April 10) the chopper went down, with a number of rescue boats pictured circling in close to Jersey City.

There have been no official reports about how many passengers were onboard the aircraft at the time, as well as the number of fatalities.

“It sounded like a sonic boom so I look up and literally I saw helicopter splitting in 2, with the rotor flying off in the sky it was going so fast and it just went straight into the water,” one eye witness explained who heard the tragedy unfold, before seeing the aftermath.

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