NTSB Says in-Flight Fire Led to BSO Helicopter Crash in Pompano Beach

NTSB says in-flight fire led to BSO helicopter crash in Pompano Beach

The National Transportation Safety Board has concluded that a fire likely caused by an engine overheating led to the 2023 Broward Sheriff’s Office helicopter crash in Pompano Beach that killed a BSO Fire Rescue captain and a woman sleeping in an apartment below. The exact cause of the overheating remains unknown. The agency released its final report Thursday, over two years after the fiery helicopter fell out of the sky, killing Battalion Chief …

NTSB: Engine fire likely caused 2023 BSO helicopter crash that killed 2, injured 4 others - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

New details have been released about the circumstances that led to a helicopter tragedy that killed two people and injured four others in Pompano Beach in 2023. The National Transportation Safety Board on Friday released its final report on the Broward Sheriff’s Office helicopter that crashed into an apartment complex near Northwest 10th Street and Sixth Avenue. According to the report, investigators determined that the crash was most likely cau…

Engine fire probable cause of 2023 BSO helicopter crash that killed 2: NTSB

An engine fire is being cited as the probable cause of a fiery helicopter crash that killed a Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue flight medic and a woman when it slammed into a Pompano Beach apartment building back in 2023. The National Transportation Safety Board on Friday released its final report on the Aug. 28, 2023 crash that gave the probable cause as “an inflight fire outside of the engine firewalls, likely from overheating of the No. 1…

Engine Fire Likely Caused 2023 Broward Sheriff's Office Helicopter Crash, NTSB Finds - Legalization Profiles

Pompano Beach, FL – An engine fire is being identified as the probable cause of the tragic helicopter crash in 2023 that claimed the lives of a Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue flight medic and a woman in Pompano Beach, Florida. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its final report on August 28, 2023, concluding that an inflight fire originating outside the engine firewalls caused the helicopter to lose control and crash …