HOBOKEN, N.J. — New York City police said Sunday they have located the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into a helicopter and went down in the Hudson River on Saturday.
A police spokesman said the plane fuselage is just north of the helicopter crash site in the water off of Hoboken. More plane wreckage was found farther out in the river under about 50 feet of water.
The dead from Saturday’s crash include three fathers and their three teenage sons. The private plane carried a family from Pennsylvania, and the helicopter held five Italian tourists celebrating a couple’s 25th wedding anniversary.
Seven of the nine bodies have been found so far.
The plane approached the helicopter, which had just taken off for a 12-minute tour, from behind and clipped it with a wing, witnesses said. Both aircraft split apart and fell into the river.
Immune system cancer found in 9/11 responding officers
Researchers say a small number of young law enforcement officers who participated in the World Trade Center rescue and cleanup operation after the Sept. 11 terror attacks have developed an immune system cancer. Experts don’t know whether there is any link between the illnesses and toxins released during the disaster. But doctors who coordinated the study, published today in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, said people who worked at the site should continue to have their health monitored.
California: Gas up 16 cents
The U.S. price of gasoline jumped nearly 16 cents a gallon during the past two weeks to $2.64. That’s according to the national Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday in Camarillo. Charleston, S.C., had the lowest price, $2.38 for a gallon for regular. Honolulu was the highest at $3.07.
Hawaii: Felicia downgraded to tropical-storm status
Hawaii, especially the Big Island, braced for Tropical Storm Felicia on Sunday, taking no chances even though the storm weakened rapidly as it slipped toward the islands. It’s expected to weaken even more before hitting Hawaii late today or early Tuesday.
South Carolina: Governor’s use of state airplanes under question
Gov. Mark Sanford used state aircraft for personal and political trips, often bringing along his wife and children — contrary to state law regarding official use, an Associated Press investigation has found. Records reviewed by the AP show that since he took office in 2003, the two-term Republican has taken trips on state aircraft to locations of his children’s sporting events, hair and dentist appointments, political party gatherings and a birthday party for a campaign donor. Sanford, 49, has been under increased scrutiny since he admitted in June to having a mistress in Argentina.
Iran: Intelligence agency purged
Iran’s president has conducted a purge of the nation’s intelligence ministry, sweeping aside ranking officials with decades of experience in favor of loyalists, a lawmaker, several news Web sites and a former intelligence chief’s son said. Analysts say the purge flushes away decades of intelligence experience.
Iraq: Briton in custody after two contractors are killed
Iraqi authorities arrested a British contractor Sunday over the shooting deaths of two co-workers in Baghdad’s protected Green Zone. The suspected gunman, identified as Daniel Fitzsimons, could be the first Westerner to face an Iraqi trial on murder charges since a security pact lifted the immunity that had been enjoyed by foreign contractors for most of the war. The gunman shot his colleagues — one British and one Australian — during a quarrel, then he wounded an Iraqi while trying to flee their compound inside the vast area that is sealed off from the rest of the capital, Iraqi officials said.
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