Examining the wreckage, investigators are trying to determine what caused the Philadelphia-based TV news chopper to crash in the Pinelands of New Jersey, killing both the pilot and the photographer.
Investigators are examining the debris in an attempt to ascertain what caused the TV news helicopter from Philadelphia to crash in the Pinelands of New Jersey, killing the pilot and the photographer.
Tuesday night, authorities said, Chopper 6 of Philadelphia’s WPVI-TV went down in a part of the Wharton State Forest in Washington Township, Burlington County, while it was returning from an assignment near the Jersey Shore.
Around 8 p.m., the TV station reported, the crash happened. Not long before 11 p.m., the New Jersey State Park Police said that they received a report about a missing helicopter.
The station stated that family members were still being informed, although it did not reveal the workers’ identities.
The TV station stated that the collision occurred at 8 p.m. The New Jersey State Park Police reported shortly before 11 p.m. that they had received a call regarding a missing chopper.
The station did not identify the employees, but it did say that family members were still being notified.
