Crash investigation

All five passengers aboard a helicopter that crashed into New York City's East River were confirmed dead early Monday morning by an NYPD spokesman. Six people were on the privately chartered helicopter owned by Liberty Helicopters, which bills itself as the largest and most experienced helicopter sightseeing and charter service in the Northeast. A federal official told The Associated Press that the pilot told investigators he believed a passenger's bag might have hit an emergency fuel shutoff switch in the moments before the chopper went down.