A FAA employee said Eurocopter EC130 crashed under unknown circumstances in the Grand Canyon Saturday night.
Author: 12 News
Published: 10:07 PM MST February 10, 2018
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - A helicopter carrying at least seven people crashed in the Grand Canyon Saturday evening.
Hualapai Police Department said three people have died and four more are injured.
Allen Kenitzer with the Federal Aviation Administration Officer of Communications said Eurocopter EC130 crashed under unknown circumstances in the Grand Canyon.
Hualapai Police Chief Francis Bradley said the helicopter, likely used for a tour, was from Las Vegas, Nevada.
The crash happened just before 5:30 p.m. Saturday, 60 miles northwest of Peach Springs.
A reporter from NBC affiliate KSNV
UPDATE#2: Another image from wreckage of tour helicopter crash in Grand Canyon. Pic courtesy Teddy Fujimoto. @News3LV pic.twitter.com/oyuxxq9HoO
— Gerard Ramalho (@GerardNews3LV) February 11, 2018
