Malfunctions Not Found in Canyon Copter Crash
From Times Wire Reports
No signs of mechanical malfunction were found in the engine or in other wreckage from a sightseeing helicopter that crashed in the Grand Canyon in September, killing seven people, a report said.
Still, investigators haven’t ruled out mechanical failure or pilot error as the cause, said Ted Lopatkiewicz, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board.
The helicopter was shuttling sightseers from the Grand Canyon’s rim to the Colorado River below when a rotor blade struck the nearly vertical canyon wall.
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