VIDEO: Hudson plane, chopper crash
Updated: Thursday, 13 Aug 2009, 6:34 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 13 Aug 2009, 6:13 PM EDT
NEW YORK (NBC News) - WARNING: This video may be disturbing for some viewers.
Video of the mid-air collision between a small private plane and a tour helicopter over the Hudson River in New York has surfaced.
The footage was shot by an Italian tourist who was experimenting with his new camera while boating on the river.
He captured the collision shortly after zooming in on the tour helicopter as it was flying over the river, just as the small plane came into the frame from behind.
The plane appears to break apart on impact.
There were no survivors.
Nine people were killed, two on the plane and seven in the helicopter.
The National Transportation Safety Board will use the video to
investigate the crash.
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