Sean Johnson, 36, recently moved to New York City to continue his aviation career - and was operating a Bell 206 on Thursday ...

It remains unclear whether the helicopter seen in Johnson's Facebook video was the same involved in this week's tragic crash.

The film is entirely based on memories of a real-life event that co-director Ray Mendoza lived through in 2006 Iraq.

Sean Johnson has been identified as the pilot in the Hudson River helicopter crash. Johnson, 36, was a Navy SEAL veteran.

Gothamist identified Johnson as the pilot of the Bell 206 helicopter which crashed and ended up submerged in the Hudson River ...

The pilot of the helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday was identified as Sean Johnson, a 36-year-old ...