NATIONAL BRIEFING / ARIZONA
The pilots of two medical helicopters that crashed in midair, killing all seven people aboard, are both to blame for failing to see and avoid each other near a hospital, federal investigators said.
In its report, the National Transportation Safety Board found that one pilot erred in failing to contact the hospital’s communications center and the other took an unusual approach to Flagstaff Medical Center from the south instead of from the east. The helicopters collided about half a mile from the hospital on June 29, each carrying a patient.
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