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The Federal Aviation Administration announced late last night the company involved in the deadly helicopter crash into the Hudson River is shutting down operations immediately
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New York Helicopter Tours. Its chopper plunged into the river on Thursday, killing an executive from the company's seamans, his wife, and three young children
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They were in New York visiting from Spain. The helicopter pilot, a Navy veteran, was also killed
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Bystanders in both Manhattan and New Jersey watched in horror as the chopper's rotor went flying off
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and spun through the air as the helicopter then plunged out of the sky and crashed upside down into the water
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The FAA said it is working with the National Transportation Safety Board on the investigation into what went wrong
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The FAA is also launching an immediate review of the operator's license and safety record
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Earlier Sunday, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called for a shutdown of the company
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calling New York helicopter tours a danger to the public. The company's CEO, Michael Roth, says he is cooperating with the investigation
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and it was the FAA's decision, not his, to shut down operations
