Six people died when a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River Thursday afternoon.The incident happened at around 3:17 p.m. near the Holland Tunnel ventilation shaft in Jersey City, not far from River Drive South and Newport Parkway,

Thursday’s horrifying tourist helicopter crash into the Hudson River that killed six people was one of several deadly tragedies involving the aircraft in recent years. At least 32 people have died in helicopter accidents in NYC since 1977, according to The Associated Press.

The deadly tourist helicopter crash in New York was not the first aircraft to go down in the Hudson River. On Thursday afternoon (Friday, Australian time), a Bell 206 helicopter “lost control” and crashed inverted in the river — killing a pilot and a family of five from Spain, including three children.

Dozens have died in accidents since helicopters were allowed in the city in 1949. Residents have complained for nearly as long, but reforms rarely stick.

All six people on board the helicopter that crashed in the Hudson River died. Some of the people on board were tourists from Spain. NBC News’ Tom Winter details the timeline of the incident from when the helicopter took off to when rescue teams pulled the victims from the water.

Agustín Escobar and Mercè Camprubí Montal, both executives from Spain, died on Thursday in a crash near New York City along with their three children and the pilot.

Seankese Johnson, 36, was killed along with five passengers when the sightseeing helicopter he was flying suddenly crashed into the Hudson River near Jersey City.

A family’s afternoon sightseeing excursion above the misty shoreline of Manhattan ended in tragedy Thursday after the helicopter carrying them crashed off the New Jersey shoreline, killing them and the pilot.

Five people have been pulled from the water, according to two people briefed on the rescue efforts. Their condition was not yet known.