Helicopter crash about 2 30 monday afternoon brought he would fire and Police Vehicles rushing to the hayward airport. It was a helicopter, a robinson r44 four seat helicopter that crashed at the airport. The were two people on board. It was in instructional flight. A flight structure and his student. Reporter the airport manager says the student walked away from the wreckage and was rushed by ambulance to eden medical center. The instructor did not survive. The Alameda County coroner identified the instructor as Wayne Prodger , a 62yearold man from sunnyvale seen here from photos from his facebook page. Friends say he was well known from the airport and described him as a loving caring husband and father of three who love to because we see each other every day. Reporter he said youd seen him just before the crash. Wayne prodger was the owner chief quite instructor of vertical cfi helicopters flight school. His office was just down the hall from Pacific Helicopters which have long term
The north after yesterdays hot day in santa rosa, 95 and 96 and 90s and the interior. Not today. A big time cool down and the city hit 70 yesterday, but that wont happen today. 50s and 60s on the temps. 51, 53, 55 in the water temps still very cold. The onshore breeze with the low clouds and High Pressure losing its grip a teeny bit. 60s and 70s in the bay and mainly 80s and the interior. You heard the voice, now heres mr. Sal castaneda. Thank you, steve. Lets take a look at what we have. We dont have a lot of slow traffic. If you are diving through the traffic coming through the area, you can see traffic is moving very nicely. Looking at the east bay, see if we can see and a slow traffic. I dont see anything going on, traffic moving well with no major issues on the east bay commute with traffic looking good on interstate 880 north and south and west bound bay bridge off to a good start. Now is a good time to go, before the crowd gets here. 4 02 and lets go back to the desk. The ntsb w
Commonly used for flight training. Two people are on board and two people were one person died. Collecting some of the evidence to figure out what went wrong. 62yearold wayne project will was the victim in the crash the owner and chief Flight Instructor of vertical cfi helicopter flight school. Roger was with the student on board the chopper and they were practicing of maneuver and the chopper and expectedly crash. They were able to walk out of the wreckage wreck wreckage and went to the hospital. Not sure if roger and the student or the student was at the control at the time of the crash. They dont generally have black boxes so they would not be able to review information. Its important to look at specific things, controls, conditions of divers, and so one to determine what happened. Rogers friends and colleagues in this closeknit community describe him as an avid traveler, motorcyclist, devoted husband and father to three children. They continue expected to continue their work here t