Search for answers after helicopter lands on the Hudson

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Sarah Wallace

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating what caused a charter helicopter to lose power shortly after takeoff and land on the Hudson River on Sunday.

NY Helicopter Owner Mike Roth took a phone call Sunday morning that he'll never forget from calm cool pilot, 23-year-old Michael Campbell, who'd just made that emergency landing on the Hudson with 4 Swedish tourists on board.

"He says I just landed in the Hudson," Roth explained. "I was in disbelief, all the way down to my toes, like a fish out of water. I said 'Are you ok?'"

Campbell had deployed the pontoons, which aren't required on sightseeing helicopters, but Roth says they're a no-brainer, even though they cost $150,000

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