Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) provided an update on the deadly collision between a small plane and a state police helicopter in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on Wednesday. The pilot of the plane was killed, and the two troopers onboard the helicopter survived the crash. Investigators are working to determine what may have caused the plane to suddenly change direction and strike the helicopter. MORE: A Cessna 150 airplane and a Bell 407 helicopter collided in midair near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, around 7:50 p.m. local time on Wednesday, Aug. 19, according to the FAA. Two people were on board the helicopter. The number of people on board the Cessna is unknown. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)…
An airplane pilot was killed after a collision with a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter near a runway at a small airport, but both state troopers aboard the helicopter survived, authorities said. The plane was coming down on the runway and veered into the helicopter that was near the ground, Lt. Col. George Bivens, the state’s acting police commissioner, said during a news conference. The FAA and NTSB called it a midair collision but state police didn’t clarify if the plane was off the ground. The crash at the small airport in Carlisle, about 110 miles northwest of Philadelphia, involved the Bell 407 helicopter and the Cessna 150, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The Cessna is a two-seat aircraft that is typically…
We are learning more this Wednesday evening after reports that a Cessna 150 airplane and a Bell 407 helicopter collided in midair in Pennsylvania. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported that a Cessna 150 airplane and a Bell 407 helicopter crashed into each other in midair near Carlisle on Wednesday. The agency said two people were on the helicopter according to reporting from our partners at FOX 29 Philadelphia.
