A sightseeing helicopter plunged into the Hudson River on Thursday, turning a family outing above Manhattan’s misty skyline into a tragedy. The helicopter carried six people, including three children and their parents – who have both worked for Siemens,

The doomed aircraft broke apart over the Hudson River on Thursday and plunged into the water, killing a Spanish family of five and the pilot on board.

The helicopter that plunged into the Hudson River on Thursday and killed all six people aboard was on its eighth sightseeing trip of the day and lacked a flight data recorder, federal investigators said.