CHOPPER DOWN

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A tourist helicopter made an emergency landing on the Hudson river. He chopper was reportedly carrying Swedish tourists and everyone has been rescued.

This accident occurred around noon, close to 79th Street. The pilot and four passengers were taken to shore.

FDNY says the passengers were two adults and two children.

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Back in January, a small plane crash landed and subsequently sank in the Hudson River near Yonkers. Both people were rescued.

In 2009, a US Airways flight landed safely on the Hudson after striking geese. All 155 people aboard survived.