The Last Flight of Helicopter N216MH NYT | Top Stories By: Michael Wilson, Andy Newman, Maia Coleman and Olivia Bensimon 13 April 2025 at 15:00 The aircraft had flown tourists in New York City thousands of times before crashing Thursday with a Spanish family aboard. Passengers who had flown earlier that day are processing the shock. © Adam Gray for The New York TimesAfter the crash in the Hudson River, the hulk of the Bell 206 LongRanger was pulled from the cold water.