The crash occurred just days before pilot Chesley Sullenberger and co-pilot Jeffrey Skiles landed a US Airways flight in the Hudson River at New York City after a bird strike to the engines . Eight people died in the January 2009 crash in Louisiana . The chopper 's windshields were not bird-strike resistant , the board says . TL;DR A helicopter crashed into a house and killed eight people, including four children, on Christmas Eve in New Orleans.
Eight people died in the January 2009 crash in Louisiana . The chopper 's windshields were not bird-strike resistant , the board says . TL;DR A helicopter crashed into a house and killed eight people, including four children, on Christmas Eve in New Orleans.