Feds: Helicopter in fatal Arizona
crash hit cable
CAMP VERDE, Ariz. (AP) - Federal
investigators say a helicopter that crashed in Arizona, killing four people,
struck a cable spanning the Verde River.
A preliminary report released by
the National Transportation Safety Board says the helicopter had been flying low
through a canyon on June 30 when it crashed near the town of Camp Verde.
Investigators found the
helicopter lying on its side in the center of the river. A cable pulley system
that sits about 50 feet above the river was found north of the wreckage.
The NTSB says the edge of the two
main rotor blades had cable marks about three feet from the tips.
A final report on what caused the
crash isn't expected anytime soon.
The 70-year-old president and
chief executive of an Arizona restaurant group was among those killed.
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