Eight people are rescued after the forced landing of a seaplane in the East River of New York

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July 5, 2026July 5, 2026By Mario Vásquez
Eight people are rescued after the forced landing of a seaplane in the East River of New York

“The pilot of a Kodiak 100 floatplane made a forced landing today in the East River, near Brooklyn, New York, around noon local time, causing a wing strut to break,” the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in X.

The federal agency published a video from the specialized media FL360aero in which the ship was seen floating in the river in a vertical position and with a wing partially submerged, and disclosed that it had six passengers and two pilots on board.

“Air traffic controllers were not providing services to this small plane. The FAA will investigate,” the agency added.

The New York Fire Department told local media that the eight crew members were rescued by its emergency teams and two of them were evaluated on site for minor injuries.

The seaplane fell upright in the water, near Lower Manhattan, and was taken to a dock by authorities, CBS added.

The accident occurred after a day of intense traffic in the city’s rivers due to a naval concentration with dozens of military ships and large historic sailboats on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the United States, celebrated on Saturday, although today the waters returned to normal.

Three weeks ago a very similar event occurred, in which another seaplane crashed in the same river with no injuries reported.

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