<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">In the United States, five passengers were killed after a helicopter went down in the East River of New York City on Sunday.&nbsp;</span></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">New York City Police today said two of the five passengers died at the scene and three in the hospitals.&nbsp;</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The pilot freed himself and was rescued, said the police. Fire Commissioner, Daniel Nigro in a press conference said that the helicopter was carrying six people involved in a photo shoot, before it hit the water near Roosevelt Island.&nbsp;</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The Federal Aviation Authority said the cause of the accident is being investigated.</div>