US EditionVideo shows helicopter spinning after midair collision in New Jersey
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash that killed both pilots after the helicopters collided midair shortly after takeoff.
- Shortly after takeoff, two Enstrom helicopters collided near Hammonton Municipal Airport, killing two people, with investigators examining the wreckage, according to authorities.
- NTSB investigators are on scene as federal teams examine the wreckage, with the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board set to investigate after witnesses reported the helicopters flying close together.
- USA TODAY video obtained by reporter Michelle Del Rey shows one helicopter spinning and plummeting as the Hammonton Volunteer Fire Department extinguished flames while nearby residents and emergency personnel assisted the other pilot.
- Authorities confirmed two people were killed in the midair collision, authorities said.
- Only the pilots were on board each aircraft, officials said as investigators work the scene near a farm field and tree line about a mile and a half from Hammonton Municipal Airport in Hammonton, New Jersey, about 34 miles outside Philadelphia.
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