A helicopter crashed on Thursday afternoon into the Hudson River in New York, city authorities said.
The fire department said it received a report of a helicopter in the huge tidal waterway that runs up the west side of Manhattan at 3.17pm ET.
Videos posted on social media showed the aircraft mostly submerged, upside down in the water and rescue vehicles crowding onto the streets on shore as an attempt to save those on board got underway.
The fire department of New York (FDNY) said it had units on scene performing rescue operations. Multiple rescue boats were seen on video circling the aircraft.
The rescue craft were near a site close to the Manhattan waterfront, near the end of a long maintenance pier for one of the ventilation towers for the Holland Tunnel, a busy under-river road tunnel connecting the city with New Jersey.
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