This Article is From Jul 30, 2018

Pilot 'Steered Helicopter From Crowds' Before Beijing Crash, 4 Injured

No one on the ground was injured, Beijing police said on Chinese social network Weibo. Four people onboard suffered minor injuries.

Pilot 'Steered Helicopter From Crowds' Before Beijing Crash, 4 Injured

A civilian helicopter crashed into a parking lot in Beijing (Representational)

Beijing:

A civilian helicopter crashed into a parking lot in the Chinese capital on Monday after the pilot managed to steer the aircraft away from crowded areas, the state-run Beijing Youth Daily said.

No one on the ground was injured, Beijing police said on Chinese social network Weibo. Four people onboard suffered minor injuries.

Bell Helicopter told Reuters the helicopter was a Bell 429 aircraft owned by Reignwood Star Aviation, adding it was investigating the cause of the crash.

A Reignwood representative told Reuters the Civil Aviation Administration of China was also investigating.

© Thomson Reuters 2018


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