In the Hudson River helicopter crash investigation, divers have recovered significant wreckage, including the rotor, which may provide insights into the crash's cause. Eyewitness accounts reported parts of the helicopter falling into the river. Retired U.S. Navy Captain Armand Kurdian emphasized the importance of the rotor recovery in understanding whether transmission failures led to the crash. The investigation will also include a review of the helicopter's maintenance records. Tragically, a family and the pilot lost their lives in the incident, prompting New York Helicopter Tours to halt operations.
"What was probably the precipitating factor of when it first came off, because as you see, the tail rotor comes off and the main rotor comes off."
"The question is did the transmission precipitate all the failures or did something else fail, which basically caused the transmission to fail in turn?"
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