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>> reporter: on a bright, sunny day it was hard to understand why a small plane and sightseeing helicopter shook a line over the hudson river. the smael plane with one pilot, two passengers including a child took off from new jerseys teterboro airport and turned south over the hudson. at the same time, five tourists took off in sightseeing helicopter. >> there was a small plane like a cessna cutting back towards the jersey side. helicopter heading southbound. about 1,100, 1,200 feet. the plane r...

Possible video of the crash from buildings overlooking the hudson. >> this is a tragedy. having two aircraft collide over the hudson river and having no survivors is something that is very sad event. our charge is to find out what happened, and if we can make any recommendations to prevent this from happening again, thats why were here. we need to see what the facts tell us, and if we have any immediate concerns, well get out with those to the public. >> reporter: a smael plane like this with, w...

Why a small plane and sightseeing helicopter shook a line over the hudson river. the smael plane with one pilot, two passengers including a child took off from new jerseys teterboro airport and turned south over the hudson. at the same time, five tourists took off in sightseeing helicopter. >> there was a small plane like a cessna cutting back towards the jersey side. helicopter heading southbound. about 1,100, 1,200 feet. the plane rollinged into the helicopter. hit the side of it. the helicopt...

>> reporter: on a bright sunny day it was hard to under why a small plane and sight seeing helicopter should collide over the hudson river. >> i was very shocked. i think i was screaming for a few seconds. and then two of us, we started calling 911. >> reporter: the small plane like this one, with the pilot and his brother and brothers son took off from new jerseys teterboro airport and turned over south over the hudson river. at the same time five italian tourists lifted off for a tour in a hel...

Morning, looking for victims and wreckage in up to 50 feet of water. >> the ability to see is very limited. two to three feet at most. >> reporter: on a bright sunny day it was hard to understand why a small plane and sight seeing helicopter collided over the hudson river. >> i was very shocked. i was screaming for a few seconds. then two of us, we started calling 911. >> reporter: the small plane with one pilot and two passengers, including a child, took off from new jerseys teterboro airport. ...

They wont be beaten easily. >> one of the things that sticks out in my mind was when we went -- >> back now to "witness to war" in a moment. first we want to take you to hoboken, new jersey a national transportation safety board briefing. >> of the national transportation safety board. good evening. on behalf of the ntsb, i would like to offer our condolences to all of those who lost loved ones in this tragic midair collision that occurred over the hudson approximately noon today. there were two...

The work that here to doing this evening. >> where did the plane take off from originally? >> the question was, where did the plane take off from originally? the aircraft, i believe, was registered in pennsylvania, but we will have to look and see if we have flight plans, both for the aircraft originated and what the final destination was. again, that is information we believe we can provide to you tomorrow. >> do you have any information about any distress calls being made? >> the question, do ...

Aircraft. i fly a cessna, which is a high wing aircraft, the wings sit above the pilots field of view and the advantage is to both kinds -- there are advantages to both kinds of planes but in this particular situation when you are flying a low wing aircraft the pilot, if you look at the pilots window there, the wing is directly below the pilot, and it extends out, obviously to the left and right. so, if this was a situation where the helicopter, which had just taken off from manhattan, if the he...

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