The helicopter that plunged into the Hudson River on Thursday and killed all six people aboard was on its eighth sightseeing trip of the day and lacked a flight data recorder, federal investigators said.
According to Bloomberg, the Bell 206 L-4 helicopter had completed seven flights before it went down shortly after takeoff, the National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday in an investigative update.
The aircraft was not equipped with a cockpit voice recorder or flight data recorder, and no onboard video or camera devices have been recovered, it said.
The helicopter, according to Fox News, also had its last major inspection on March 1, according to the NTSB.
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Before the crash, the helicopter had completed seven tour flights, according to officials. The wreck happened during the eighth flight of the day.
Parties to the investigation include the Federal Aviation Administration, Bell Helicopter and Rolls-Royce, according to the NTSB.
