To clariry, at the time of my first post, I thought that JimBall had referred to it as an R22. As I've come to expect, none of the media reports I saw identified the type of a/c.
A tragic accident, especially as the conditions were fine and the media crew who had charted the chopper were reporting on a tornado that had destroyed a lot of homes but not caused a single fatality. The TVA camera man who was interviewed referred to some difficulties starting the engine prior to take off.
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