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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 jersey's 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 helicopter went straight down the water. ther...

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, that's why we're here. we need to see what the facts tell us, and if we have any immediate concerns, we'll get out with those to the public. >> reporter: a smael plane like this with, with a pilot his brother and brother's son took off on saturday and turned south over the hudson. ...

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 jersey's 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 helicopter went straight down the water. there was like a poof of smoke and a bang and the plane went furth...

>> 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 brother's son took off from new jersey's teterboro airport and turned over south over the hudson river. at the same time five italian tourists lifted off for a tour in a helicopter. >> the cessna cutback over the jersey side. the helicopter heading 1100, 1,200 feet. the ...

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 jersey's teterboro airport. five italian tourists lifted off for a tour in a helicopter. >> the helicopter headed southbound. t...