The series of still photographs taken from surveillance camera video shows the fuselage, containing the engine and rotors, separating from the helicopter’s tail. The rotor blades and the transmission then detach from the cabin that’s carrying the passengers and the pilot.

The Bell 206 chopper, operated by New York Helicopter Tours, departed at 2:58 p.m. ET from a downtown helicopter pad and flew north over the Hudson River before crashing about 17

The sightseeing helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York City on April 10, killing the pilot and a family of five