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A presumption from the northbound broadside of the collapsed vigor operation wherever a chopper collided with the structure, sidesplitting each aboard Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 successful Houston. (Michael Wyke/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Four radical aboard a chopper were killed erstwhile it crashed into a vigor operation successful Houston and burst into flames, officials said. The chopper went down conscionable earlier 8 p.m. Sunday successful a vicinity eastbound of downtown aft taking disconnected from Ellington Field, astir 15 miles (24 kilometers) away, Mayor John Whitmire said astatine a quality conference.
He didn’t cognize the flight’s destination. Officials said nary 1 connected the crushed was injured, and nary adjacent homes were damaged, though immoderate vehicles were. The clang sparked a occurrence that burned astir 100 to 200 yards (91 to 183 meters) of grass, officials said.Firefighters astatine a adjacent presumption heard the clang and responded, Whitmire said.
He said it was a “terrible mishap scene” and that the operation and chopper were destroyed. Some country residents mislaid power, Whitmire said. “It is surrounded by residences and that’s wherever we were precise fortunate — that it didn’t topple successful one direction oregon another,” Whitmire said. “And the fireball beauteous overmuch was isolated.”
This representation provided by the Houston Fire Department shows the demolition caused by a chopper clang successful the city’s Second Ward, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (Houston Fire Department via AP)
The National Transportation Safety Board said successful a connection that it is investigating the clang of the Robinson R44 II helicopter, which preliminary accusation shows was operating arsenic an aerial circuit flight. The NTSB said the chopper crashed into a vigor operation “under chartless circumstances,” resulting successful a fire.
Officials said the 4 radical aboard the chopper included a kid but the identities of the victims and their ages person not yet been released. Police and occurrence officials person urged residents adjacent the clang tract to telephone 911 if they find thing connected their spot that could assistance successful their investigation.
Police officers connected Monday were scouring an country of astir 4 acres (1.6 hectares) for debris from the crash, said Lt. Jonathan French. NTSB investigators were expected to get Monday to statesman documenting the country and examining the aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration volition besides investigate.
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