Wreckage found after helicopter crashes in northeastern Pennsylvania
Updated 10:19 AM;
WYOMING, Pa. (AP) Authorities were investigating a helicopter crash in northeastern Pennsylvania, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
The wreckage of a Robinson R44 copter was found in a remote area of Wyoming on Thursday night after the agency had issued an alert about a missing aircraft, the FAA said.
There was no word on the number of people on board or their conditions.
According to the FAA, the flight had departed Allentown Queen Municipal Airport in Allentown and was headed to Bradford County Airport in Towanda.
The Robinson R44 is a four-seat light helicopter that has been in production since 1992.
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MEHOOPANY, Pa. (AP) â One person is dead in a helicopter crash in rural northeastern Pennsylvania. The Federal Aviation Administration says the wreckage of a Robinson R44 copter was found in a remote area of Wyoming County on Thursday night after the agency had issued an alert about a missing aircraft.
State police say one person was killed, but that person s name has not been released. The flight had departed Allentown Queen Municipal Airport in Allentown and was headed to Bradford County Airport in Towanda. The Robinson R44 is a four-seat light helicopter that has been in production since 1992. The National Transportation Safety Board will be in charge of the investigation.
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MEHOOPANY, Pennsylvania A helicopter scheduled to land at the Bradford County Airport in Towanda crashed in rural northeastern Pennsylvania, killing a Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital doctor, according to a report.
The Morning Call newspaper in Allentown spoke with Usha Kansara and she said a Robinson R44 helicopter piloted by her husband, Dr. Sanjay Kansara, crashed in a remote area of Wyoming County.
Kansara is listed as an anesthesiologist on the hospital s website. He lived in Upper Saucon Township and used the helicopter to commute to his job in Sayre, according to The Morning Call.
The wreckage of the private aircraft was found in Wyoming County on Thursday night after the Federal Aviation Administration issued an alert about a missing aircraft, the agency said.