some people with kids, make it a point, NOT to have the whole family together when traveling to mitigate the risks.
Others, rather have the whole family together when traveling, because only god knows.
Rather strange to have the rotor AND tail section come off.
"Agustín Escobar and Mercè Camprubí Montal died on Thursday in the accident off New York City along with their three children and the pilot."
“They are a well-known family,” Salvador Illa, the governor of Barcelona, said in a telephone interview. “He was an executive at a large international company, and also she belonged to a well-known family. Two members of her family were presidents of the Barcelona Football Club.
The helicopter was touring New York City when it tumbled out of the sky and crashed into the Hudson River.
Two of the passengers were alive when divers pulled them from the frigid water, but they later died, New York City’s police commissioner, Jessica S. Tisch, said at a news conference.
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Mr. Escobar led Siemens’ rail infrastructure division from the company’s Berlin office, the company said. Before assuming his current role in October,
Mr. Escobar was the chief executive of Siemens Spain. "
Ms. Camprubí was an executive with Siemens Energy, a separate company,
according to her LinkedIn profile. Siemens Energy has not commented publicly on her death.