Helicopter news crew killed covering police chase in US

Two news helicopters covering a police chase on live television collided and crashed to the ground, killing all four people on board in a plunge that viewers saw as a jumble of spinning, broken images.

Helicopter news crew killed covering police chase in US
Sat, 28 Jul, 2007 - 11:26

Two news helicopters covering a police chase on live television collided and crashed to the ground, killing all four people on board in a plunge that viewers saw as a jumble of spinning, broken images.

Both helicopters went down yesterday in a park in central Phoenix, Arizona, and caught fire. No-one on the ground was hurt.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: USPlace: Phoenix, ArizonaPlace: PhoenixPlace: WashingtonPerson: Craig SmithPerson: SmithPerson: Christopher JonesPerson: JonesPerson: Joel TranterPerson: Police ChiefPerson: Jack HarrisPerson: HarrisPerson: TranterPerson: Rick GotchiePerson: GotchiePerson: Ian GregorPerson: GregorPerson: Scott BowerbankPerson: Jim CoxPerson: Rick KrolakPerson: Barbara CochranOrganisation: KNXVOrganisation: KTVKOrganisation: SWATOrganisation: Federal Aviation AdministrationOrganisation: National Transportation Safety BoardOrganisation: FAAOrganisation: Radio-Television News Directors Association
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