Preliminary report released in fatal Superior crash

NTSB investigation reveals new details on deadly Arizona helicopter crash

A preliminary report reveals the helicopter hit a slackline, a type of webbing, that was stretched across Telegraph Canyon.

Preliminary report released in fatal Superior crash

A preliminary NTSB report found that a helicopter crash near Superior that killed four family members on Jan. 2 occurred after the aircraft struck a "slackline" used by high-wire athletes.

NTSB releases preliminary report into helicopter crash that killed 4 Oregonians

PINAL COUNTY, Arizona – A preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has revealed that a helicopter crash that killed four people from Oregon on Jan. 2 was caused by an impact with a “highline” suspended hundreds of feet above a valley floor. The MD Helicopters MD369FF was traveling through a valley near Superior, Arizona, at approximately 10:00 a.m. Pacific standard time, when it struck a synthetic webbing li…