The family of five, including three children, killed on a tour helicopter that crashed into New York City‘s Hudson River have been identified.
Agustín Escobar, his wife Merce Camprubi Montal and their three children, aged four, five and 11, were killed in the crash, along with the 36-year-old pilot.
Escobar was the CEO of Rail Infrastructure at Siemens Mobility and former president of the Spanish branch of the technology company.
Heartbreaking photos showed the family posing on the helipad and inside the aircraft before the crash.
The family had arrived in the Big Apple from Barcelona earlier in the day, law enforcement sources told the New York Post.
It has also emerged that the helicopter pilot warned he needed to refuel just before the tragedy that killed all six on board.
The terrifying crash took place at around 3.15pm on Thursday, closer to the New Jersey side of the Hudson River just off the tip of Lower Manhattan.
Witnesses said they saw the chopper ‘split in half’ before it went down near Pier 40, with