Probe: Doomed Philadelphia News Helicopter Hit Trees Fast, Broke Up, Then Burned, Killing 2 on Board

Published on December 23, 2023

SHAMONG, N.J.—A Philadelphia television news helicopter returning from an assignment photographing Christmas lights earlier this week plunged into a southern New Jersey forest “at very high speed,” broke apart, then caught fire after it crashed, killing both occupants, a federal crash investigator said Friday. Todd Gunther, an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, told reporters near the crash site that WPVI’s Chopper 6 was returning to its base at Northeast Philadelphia Airport Tuesday night when something caused it to crash into Wharton State Forest in Washington Township. The crew had been photographing Christmas light displays near Atlantic City....

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