Hudson Plane Crash: Who was the pilot of the helicopter that crashed in the Hudson River? Navy Seal Veteran, a former celebrity bodyguard

The pilot of the Dumed helicopter crashed in the Hudson River has been identified as 36 -year -old Sean Johnson.

On Thursday, the pilot of a private helicopter crashed in the Hudson River was identified as a 36-year scene Johnson, a Navy seal veteran and a former celebrity bodyguard. Pilot died of Five members of Agustin Escaber’s family, an executive of Siemens who came to New York from Barcelona to celebrate his children’s birthday.
Johnson, who recently moved to New York City to continue his aviation career, was operating a bell 206 as part of a visit to a scenic spots for a family of five from Barcelona on Thursday. He previously lived in states including Illinois, Virginia and Montana.
“I am just in harm to words. I don’t even know what happened, Johnson’s wife, Catherine Johnson said.
Johnson studied commercial pilot at the University of Southern Utah and also participated in Embri -Charidal Aeronautical University – worldwide.
He posted a picture of him sitting inside a 206 helicopter, the same model he crashed on Thursday. “When all this comes together …” Scene wrote as a caption how much he wanted to fly. It is not known whether this is the same copter that has crashed.

How did the helicopter take an accident?

The exact cause of the accident is not known, but a few minutes before the accident the helicopter was low on fuel, Johnson called the base and told that he was coming back to get fuel. The helicopter left Manhattan’s downtown heliport at 2:59 pm after a popular scenic spots. After revolving around the Statue of Liberty, it flew north with the Hudson River, which reached the George Washington Bridge by 3:08 pm, then turned to the south with the New Jersey noise, where the control was lost shortly after. At 3:17 pm, several 911 calls reported an accident near Pier A Park in Hobocain, New Jersey. Eyewitnesses stated that the helicopter appeared to stop the midair before the breakdown of the pieces.
The private company owned by the helicopter did not say anything about the maintenance of the helicopter and also how low fuel was there only after 15 minutes of flight.