At least 38 people have died in helicopter crashes in New York City since 1977, when an incident on a skyscraper landing pad led the city to start putting restrictions on where choppers could land. Helicopter flights are getting renewed scrutiny after a fatal crash into the Hudson River on Thursday.

A fatal crash Thursday became the latest incident in a long history of helicopter wrecks in the New York City area.

Agustín Escobar and his family died after the helicopter in which they were travelling crashed into the Hudson River, New York City, near Pier 40, in a devastating tragedy

The victims are three adults and three children, New York authorities say, including a family visiting from Spain.

A New York City sightseeing helicopter has broken apart in midair and crashed into the Hudson River, killing six people.

An executive from Spain, his wife and three children died in the crash, along with the helicopter’s pilot, officials said.

Five of the individuals on board were a family of tourists from Spain and the sixth person was the pilot, officials say.

A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York on Thursday afternoon, killing the six passengers on board. One witness said she saw the helicopter "kept spinning in the air" before crashing into the river.

Five people drown when a charter helicopter offering “open door” flights crashes in the East River. The pilot survives. Three people die when a helicopter carrying a family on an outing plunges into the East River.