Witness describes seeing survivor walk out flames from Grand Canyon helicopter crash which killed 3

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Three people were killed & 4 critically infective the time a helicopter touring out of the Grand Canyon National Park crashed & exploded in a fireball, officials told ABC News. The helicopter "sustained substantial damage" the time the crash occurred "under unknown circumstances" in the Quartermaster Canyon ambit of the immense wilderness wonderland on Saturday afternoon, FAA spokesman Allen Kenitzer told ABC News. Kenitzer told the helicopter crashed about 3 miles east of the Grand Canyon West Airport in Peach Springs, Arizona. According to Papillon's website, it flies roughly 600,000 passengers a year over the Grand Canyon & on other tours. Halvorson told the Corporation Information Systems cooperating by the National Transportation security Board & native authorities investigating the crash.

3 tourists have died in a helicopter crash in the Grand Canyon

A helicopter crashed over the Grand Canyon on Saturday night. Three English tourists were killed in the crash. Three English tourists have been killed after a helicopter crashed in the Grand Canyon over the weekend. The aircraft, that was operated with Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters, fell drop towards the western rim of the canyon, Sky break news reported. Veterinary receptionist, Becky Dobson from Worthing, was 1 of the preys of the Grand Canyon crash.https://t.co/3lOnKzPxxW pic.twitter.com/4OpZQXUEqe — BBC Sussex (@BBCSussex) February 12, 2018It's Mysterious what caused the crash.

Grand Canyon helicopter crash preys named

As it stated in (CNN) 3 people died the time a EC-130 helicopter operated with sightseeing tour Corporation Papillon Airways went drop at 5:20 p.m. (7:20 p.m. ET) Saturday near Quartermaster Canyon, within the Grand Canyon on the Hualapai Nation. The 6 passengers on board were visiting from the United Kingdom, Police Chief Francis E. Bradley Sr. of the Hualapai reservation said. Passengers Becky Dobson, 27, Jason Hill, 32, & Stuart Hill, 30, suffered fatal hurts in the crash, according to a break news launch from the Hualapai Nation Police Department. The survivors of the crash were rescued during an operation which stretched into the early hours of Sunday morning, Bradley said.