NEW YORK (WPIX) – A helicopter has crashed into the Hudson River off Manhattan, the New York Police Department has confirmed.
“Expect emergency vehicles and traffic delays in the surrounding areas,” the NYPD said in a post on X.
Videos posted to social media show showed the aircraft mostly submerged, upside down in the water. Police were seen nearby with police helicopters overhead.
The fire department said it had units on scene performing rescue operations.
The rescue craft were near a site close to the Manhattan waterfront, near the end of a long maintenance pier for one of the ventilation towers for the Holland Tunnel.
The Associated Press contributed to this developing report.
