What we know about victims of Hudson River helicopter crash in New York

A family of five and the pilot have been identified as the six victims of a fatal helicopter crash in New York, after the aircraft plunged into the Hudson River.

The tourist helicopter broke apart midair on a trip around Manhattan before plummeting into the waters below on Thursday afternoon.

Agustin Escobar, CEO of Rail Infrastructure at Siemens Mobility, his wife, Mercè Camprubí Montal, global commercialization manager at Siemens Energy, and their children Agustín, 10, Mercè, 8 and Víctor, 4, were all killed.