Results 1 to 7 of 7

Thread: 2 news helicopters collide following chase

  1. #1
    HB Forum Owner R0cketer's Avatar
    Join Date
    July 16th, 2002
    Posts
    7,632
    Follows
    0
    Following
    0
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quoted
    0 Post(s)

    2 news helicopters collide following chase

    A police chase through the streets of downtown Phoenix turned into a midair tragedy Friday afternoon when two television news helicopters covering the action collided and crashed to the ground in smoke and flame, killing all four people on board.


    Two news helicopters plummet to earth after colliding in midair over a park in Phoenix, Arizona.

    KTVK-TV said photojournalist Jim Cox and pilot Scott Bowerback were killed. KNXV-TV identified its crew as photographer Rick Krolak and pilot Craig Smith.

    The helicopters collided as the rival stations were covering the police pursuit of a stolen white truck towing a trailer. Assistant Chief Mark Angle of the Phoenix Fire Department said wreckage from both helicopters then landed in a downtown park.

    Aerial footage from another station covering the chase, KPNX-TV, showed large plumes of black smoke and flames coming from the wreckage. Watch smoke and flames pour from debris »

    "I was driving and heard a bang," one unnamed witness told KPHO.

    "I was standing out on Central Avenue and I was looking over to the park and saw the helicopters get close," Jerry Fender told KPHO. "The blue one split and went down. The red or orange one went right after it."

    "Looked something like 9/11 with debris exploding everywhere," said witness Brian Kenneth, the station reported.

    Rick Gotchie, a Phoenix air-conditioning contractor working at a nearby building, was watching the helicopters circling the scene and noticed they were getting closer to each other, The Associated Press reported.

    "I kept saying go lower, go lower, but he didn't," Gotchie said.

    Angle said the "silver lining" in the accident was that the choppers did not hit any structures on the ground. The site of the crash was near a Veterans Affairs hospital and several high-rise buildings, he said.

    "We do not believe at this time that anyone on the ground was struck," Angle said.

    The National Transportation Safety Board announced it will send a team to Phoenix to investigate the crash.

    Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor told The Associated Press that the agency is reviewing air traffic control tapes to see if the helicopters' pilots were communicating before the crash.

    "Typically air traffic controllers clear helicopters into an area where they can cover a chase like this," Gregor told AP. "Once they are in the area, the pilots themselves are responsible for keeping themselves separated from other aircraft."

    Phoenix Police Chief Jack Harris said the chase began when police received a report of a stolen vehicle and began pursuing a suspect, who eventually abandoned that vehicle and stole the white truck that was being chased at the time of the chopper collision.

    The suspect later bailed out of that vehicle and barricaded himself in a house, where he was captured by SWAT officers who stormed the residence, police said.

    Phoenix police Sgt. Joel Tranter said the man was treated at a hospital for several dog bites before being booked into jail.

    The police chief said the suspect will likely face criminal charges for the deaths in the helicopter crash.


    "I think he will be held responsible for any of the deaths from this tragedy," Harris said.

    The park would remain closed indefinitely while investigators worked, Tranter said


    Video from one of the copters involved

    http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=3645
    What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach, so you get what we had here last week which is the way he wants it. Well, he gets it.

  2. #2
    Inactive Member imported_juggernaut28's Avatar
    Join Date
    September 23rd, 2004
    Posts
    941
    Follows
    0
    Following
    0
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quoted
    0 Post(s)

    Re: 2 news helicopters collide following chase

    I think that is crazy for the suspect to be held responsible for any of the deaths due to the helicopters crash.
    The suspect did not cause the pilots to act the way they did while trying to cover this story. Their competitiveness is what caused this crash. Just Crazy!!

  3. #3
    Inactive Member imported_VHSLhelper's Avatar
    Join Date
    June 16th, 2005
    Posts
    883
    Follows
    0
    Following
    0
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quoted
    0 Post(s)

    Re: 2 news helicopters collide following chase

    I agree. Next thing you know, accident victims will be held responsible for accidents caused by rubberneckers.

    Anyway, I was wondering when this was going to happen. Too much coverage of these things on CNN and such.

  4. #4
    Inactive Member yankeebaseball's Avatar
    Join Date
    April 2nd, 2007
    Posts
    1,387
    Follows
    0
    Following
    0
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quoted
    0 Post(s)

    Re: 2 news helicopters collide following chase

    Maynard said it best..



    "Vicarious"

    Eye on the TV
    'cause tragedy thrills me
    Whatever flavour
    It happens to be like;
    Killed by the husband
    Drowned by the ocean
    Shot by his own son
    She used the poison in his tea
    And kissed him goodbye
    That's my kind of story
    It's no fun 'til someone dies

    Don't look at me like
    I am a monster
    Frown out your one face
    But with the other
    Stare like a junkie
    Into the TV
    Stare like a zombie
    While the mother
    Holds her child
    Watches him die
    Hands to the sky crying
    Why, oh why?
    'cause I need to watch things die
    From a distance

    Vicariously I, live while the whole world dies
    You all need it too, don't lie

    Why can't we just admit it?
    Why can't we just admit it?

    We won't give pause until the blood is flowing
    Neither the brave nor bold
    The writers of stories sold
    We won't give pause until the blood is flowing

    I need to watch things die
    From a good safe distance

    Vicariously I, live while the whole world dies
    You all feel the same so
    Why can't we just admit it?

    Blood like rain come down
    Drawn on grave and ground

    Part vampire
    Part warrior
    Carnivore and voyeur
    Stare at the transmittal
    Sing to the death rattle

    La, la, la, la, la, la, la-lie

    Credulous at best your desire to believe in
    Angels in the hearts of men
    Pull your head on out
    Your head believes it give a listen
    Shouldn't have to say it all again
    The universe is hostile
    So impersonal
    Devour to survive, so it is
    So it's always been

    We all feed on tragedy
    It's like blood to a vampire

    Vicariously I, live while the whole world dies
    Much better you than I
    Nothing but the process is infinite
    Eternal, endless, indefinite

  5. #5
    Inactive Member imported_GC_Quincy's Avatar
    Join Date
    July 17th, 2002
    Posts
    905
    Follows
    0
    Following
    0
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quoted
    0 Post(s)

    Re: 2 news helicopters collide following chase

    I thought the same exact thing when I first heard that.
    In honor and memory of my best friend Toby (oletob)
    Take em one at a time and everything else will take care of itself

  6. #6
    Guest 's Avatar

    Re: 2 news helicopters collide following chase

    Was it Don Henly that said
    "Got a bubble-headed bleach blond that comes on at 5
    She can tell ya 'bout the plane crash with a gleam in her eye.."
    and that was the 70's version.

  7. #7
    Inactive Member imported_VHSLhelper's Avatar
    Join Date
    June 16th, 2005
    Posts
    883
    Follows
    0
    Following
    0
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quoted
    0 Post(s)

    Re: 2 news helicopters collide following chase

    the next line says it all

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •