Two News Helicopters Crashed in Indian Steele Park of Central Phoenix |
| Published: July 28, 2007, 12:26 pm |
| Tags: vehicles, accidents |
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The accident happened at noon 0f July 27 when two single-engine Aerospatiale helicopters respectively belonging to KNXV and KTVK TV stations were covering a live news report that police were chasing carjacker Christopher Jones. Both choppers went down in the Indian Steele Park of Central Phoenix, killing Craig Smith and Rick Krolak of Channel 3 (KTVK), Scott Bowerbank and Jim Cox of Channel 15 (KNXV). Later on the same day, two war planes P-51 Mustangs also collided (see pictures below) when landing at the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual AirVenture show held in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, killing one of the pilots and injuring the other. Sources: USA Today & WP [ Full article ] |
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