A sightseeing helicopter plunged from the sky into the Hudson River on Thursday, turning a family outing above Manhattan’s misty skyline into a tragedy.

The New York Police Department said Thursday afternoon that there was a helicopter crash into the Hudson River.

"Today's news of the helicopter crash on the Hudson River is devastating ... at 2:59 p.m. It lost control after it turned at the George Washington Bridge to move along the New Jersey shoreline ...

A New York City sightseeing helicopter carrying six people — including three children — broke apart in midair before plunging into the Hudson ... reached the George Washington Bridge about ...

The copter first headed up the Hudson River to the George Washington Bridge, where it turned around and then headed back south, flying along the New Jersey side of the river before suddenly ...

A family’s afternoon sightseeing excursion above the misty shoreline of Manhattan ended in tragedy Thursday after the ...

A sightseeing tourist helicopter has broken apart midair before plunging into the Hudson River ... the west side of Manhattan up the river to the George Washington Bridge. It then turned south ...

New York Helicopter Tours -- the company involved in the deadly crash on the Hudson River -- is shutting ... The helicopter reached the George Washington Bridge before turning south and crashing ...

then flew north at about 1,000 feet above the Hudson River, looping past the George Washington Bridge and heading back toward Manhattan. Helicopter safety has been a topic of discussion in ...

Three children are among six people who were killed on Thursday when the helicopter they were in plummeted into New York’s ...

After circling the Statue of Liberty, it flew north along the Hudson River, reaching the George Washington Bridge by 3:08 p.m. It then turned south along the New Jersey shoreline, where it lost ...