A family’s afternoon sightseeing excursion above the misty shoreline of Manhattan ended in tragedy Thursday after the helicopter carrying them crashed off the New Jersey shoreline, killing them and the pilot.

An executive of Siemens, a European technology company, his wife and young children were aboard the tourist helicopter that plunged into New York City's Hudson River.

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

Six people – including three children – are dead after a passenger helicopter crashed into the Hudson River, said New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

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

A helicopter carrying a number of people, including children, crashed into the Hudson River in New York on April 10.