Barcelona coach Hansi Flick praised his team.

is still undetermined.Videos taken by bystanders showed the Bell 206 helicopter breaking apart mid-flight. The cabin plummeted into the water without its severed tail boom or main rotor, which spun off into a different part of the river and hasn’t been recovered.

Nationwide, there were 88 helicopter accidents last year across all sectors — the lowest in 25 years, according to Jeff Smith, chairman of the Eastern Region Helicopter Council, a trade group for helicopter operators based in Kearny, New Jersey, where many Manhattan tour companies depart.Helicopter tours, he added, accounted for a small fraction of all those accidents.“We shoot for vision zero, which means no fatalities,” Smith said. “We train for that. We preach it. It is a cornerstone of our industry.”

Justin Green, an aviation lawyer and former Marine helicopter pilot, agreed there’s nothing especially problematic about New York’s helicopter tour industry, despite the crashes that seem to happen every few years.At the same time, he said, tour operators should be required to equip their aircraft with modern safety measures, such as terrain awareness technology.

Steve Cowell, a Colorado-based aviation expert, suggested the FAA should take a more active role in scrutinizing smaller operators with known financial difficulties.

“Unfortunately, when people fly, they oftentimes do not check into the safety records or financial viability of the company,” Cowell said. “They’re placing their trust and confidence in the abilities of not only the pilots but the maintainers.”since the early weeks of

ended after less than two hours Friday, and while both sides agreed on a large prisoner swap, they clearly remained far apart on key conditions to end the fighting.Lorne Cook in Brussels, Katie Marie Davies in Manchester, England, and Geir Moulson in Berlin contributed.

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