Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Dylan Wilson Journal PhotoThe plane involved in Saturday's midair collision was lifted out of the Hudson River tonight, just off the Hoboken shore. . The bodies of the two remaining victims of Saturday's midair crash were recovered when a large piece of the downed Piper PA-32 plane that collided with a helicopter was lifted from the Hudson River shortly after 5 p.m.today.
All nine victims of the midair disaster have now been accounted for. Saturday's crash killed three Pennsylvania residents on the plane and five Italian sanfran tourists and a pilot on the helicopter.
Recovered near Hoboken's Lackawanna Terminal, the wreckage was hoisted from 60 feet of water with a crane by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Recovery workers immediately covered the tangle of crushed steel and wires with a tarp.
The Liberty Tours helicopter that crashed into the small private plane was recovered from the Hudson River on Sunday. The helicopter was brought ashore to the 12th Street pier in Hoboken, where it was unveiled Monday morning.
The plane was taken by boat to Pier 40 in Manhattan. Debris from the plane and helicopter remains scattered along the riverbed in front of Hoboken.
Divers fought extremely strong currents and murky conditions, with visibility less than one foot at times, as they tried to locate the two aircraft. Parts of both aircraft have been located in water between 30 and 60 feet.
Recovery crews announced they had located the plane on Sunday night, but the currents and cloudy water slowed their attempts to haul it out of the river. They tried to tie straps around the plane Monday and today, but often had to often take breaks because of hazardous conditions.
Source: nj
Source: nj
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