Hoboken, New Jersey - Part of the plane that collided with a sightseeing helicopter being piloted by a New Zealander Jeremy Clarke has been removed from the Hudson River.
Nine people were killed in the collision on Sunday morning (NZ Time), including former Auckland man Mr Clarke, 33.
The other victims included three fathers and their three teenage sons. The plane carried a family from Pennsylvania, and the helicopter held five Italian tourists celebrating a couple's 25th wedding anniversary.
Seven bodies, including Mr Clarke's, have been recovered from the river by divers, but the bodies of the plane's pilot and an adult passenger are still missing.
The red-and-white section of the single-engine Piper came free of the murky and fast-moving river shortly after 5pm EDT (0900 NZT).
Divers had located the plane in about 18 metres of water and said one body was inside it.
It was not immediately known whether the part removed from the river contained the body.
- AP
Helicopter debris removed from Hudson
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