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3 tourists dead in US Grand Canyon chopper crash

3 tourists dead in US Grand Canyon chopper crash

Agence France-Presse

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Updated Sep 07, 2018 10:53 AM PHT

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The Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona, April, 12, 2015. Jim Urquhart, Reuters

WASHINGTON - At least 3 people were killed and 4 others injured Saturday when a helicopter carrying tourists in Arizona went down in the Grand Canyon, authorities said.

The accident took place at around 5:20 pm in Grand Canyon West, located in northwestern Arizona, said Hualapai Nation police chief Francis Bradley.

Local media reported the Eurocopter EC130 helicopter, whose operator was unknown, was traveling on a tour.

"The investigation is ongoing," Bradley told AFP, noting that there was no information immediately available on the circumstances surrounding the tragedy.

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Allen Kenitzer, of the Federal Aviation Authority's Office of Communications, told AFP the aircraft sustained "substantial damage."

The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash, he added.

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