in. we're not saying the cause of this chopper crash was weather. we're just giving you the facts as we know them surrounding the time that this happened. ten minutes till 1:00 or ten minutes till 2:00, you could see 1 1/4 miles. 17 minutes later, at 7 minutes after 2:00, visibility was down to half mile. was weather a factor? we don't know. was weather a mess? it absolutely was. trace gallagher with us with more details now. trace? >> yeah, we have the helicopter. it's an augusta a-109 e. this is a very high end helicopter. this thing is really the fastest in its class. it can carry up to seven passengers. we think it was just the pilot. we're talking about a helicopter that is a twin engine, very high end. these things run in the millions of dollars. so the person that was flying