Helicopter in Hudson River crash registered to Louisiana company, FAA records show. A helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New ...

A New York City sightseeing helicopter that crashed in the Hudson River on Thursday, killing six people, was registered to Broussard area company, according to several reports. The aircraft broke ...

A helicopter, registered from Broussard, crashed into the Hudson River, killing six people, while the FAA identified it as a Bell 206 model widely used in commercial and government aviation.

The helicopter involved in that crash was a Bell 206 model that New York Helicopter Charter was leasing from Meridian Helicopters, a Louisiana company. Meridian also owns the helicopter that ...