Five rescued after helicopter goes down in Hudson River off Manhattan

New York police department says pilot and four passengers rescued after incident before noon, near 79th Street
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A helicopter rests on a pontoon at the 79th Street boat basin after emergency landing over the Hudson river on Sunday in New York. Photograph: John Minchillo/AP

New York authorities say a helicopter has gone down in the Hudson river off Manhattan. All five occupants have been accounted for.

The New York police department said the pilot and four passengers had been rescued and taken to shore.

The incident happened shortly before noon on Sunday, in the section of the river near 79th Street. The circumstances were unclear.

In January, a small plane crashed and sank into the icy Hudson off Yonkers. Two people were rescued. In 2009, a US Airways flight landed safely on the Hudson after striking a flock of geese. All 155 people aboard survived.