Family of Spanish tourists killed in New York helicopter crash

A crane vessel lifts the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River (Seth Wenig/AP)

A family of five Spanish tourists and a pilot were killed when a helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River, officials said.

New York mayor Eric Adams said the flight began at a downtown heliport around 3 pm, and the dead, including three children, had been recovered and removed from the water.