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Jersey city, nj, USA

Helicopter Crash Into Hudson River; Jersey City, New Jersey · NOAAORR-10951

issued: 2025-04-10 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2025-04-24 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2025-04-24 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 40.721, -74.026
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Helicopter Crash into Hudson River; Jersey City, New Jersey.
Jersey City, NJ, USA.
1. At 4:00pm on 10 April 2025, USCG Sector New York notified the NOAA SSC that at 3:40pm a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River, near Jersey City, New Jersey. USCG on-scene. No requests fr NOAA support at this time.
2. THREAT: OIL. TAGS: SEARCH + RESCUE.
3. POSITION 40.721N 074.026W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10951: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10951

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