LOS ANGELES, Jan 2 (Bernama-Xinhua) — 4 individuals have been killed after a personal helicopter crashed in a mountainous space of the US state of Arizona on Friday, authorities stated.
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Workplace stated in a Fb publish that it had acquired reviews of a helicopter crash close to Superior, a city close to the state’s capital, Phoenix.
The crash occurred round 11 am (1800 GMT), the sheriff’s workplace stated, noting that the “preliminary proof signifies {that a} leisure slackline a couple of kilometre lengthy had been strung throughout the mountain vary”.
“An eyewitness who referred to as 911 reported seeing the helicopter strike a portion of the road earlier than falling to the underside of the canyon,” it stated.
Search and rescue crews reached the wreckage of the helicopter on foot and confirmed that each one 4 individuals aboard have been killed within the crash.
The victims included a 59-year-old man who was piloting the helicopter and three feminine relations, two aged 21 and one aged 22.
An investigation by the US Federal Aviation Administration and the Nationwide Transportation Security Board is ongoing, the sheriff’s workplace stated.
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