The sightseeing helicopter crashed into the East River on May 1, killing one person and injuring four.

Too many natural sounds are being drowned out by Jet Skis, sightseeing helicopters, car horns and off-road vehicles.

While heading south down river, the airplane was seen to be behind the sightseeing helicopter, which was going about half as fast.

On Feb. 11, 1990, a 14-year-old boy died after being trapped in the cold water when a sightseeing helicopter went down.

He noted that the flight path rules apply only to sightseeing helicopters, not to corporate, private, commercial and commuter flights.

In May 1988, the crash of another sightseeing helicopter killed a passenger.

The pilot and two other passengers of the sightseeing helicopter also died.

And right above you, not quite close enough to touch but certainly close enough to ruin the moment, hovers a sightseeing helicopter.

The report, issued on Tuesday, said the pilots of the sightseeing helicopters did not see each other in time to avoid the crash.

Those regulations require that sightseeing helicopters strictly follow flight paths that maintain at least 500 feet of vertical separation.