6ABC news helicopter crash in New Jersey kills pilot, photographer

 

Federal investigators will travel to New Jersey Wednesday after a local Philadelphia news helicopter crashed in the Wharton State Forest Tuesday night, killing the pilot and photographer onboard, Paralel.Az reports citing CBS News.

State park police found the wreckage in a wooded area off Mullica River Road in Washington Township, Burlington County, just after midnight after getting reports that a helicopter had gone missing in the area.

The chopper was contracted through U.S. Helicopters and worked for Philadelphia's 6ABC WPVI.

According to 6ABC, the helicopter went down after 8 p.m. The pilot and photographer were contracted with U.S. Helicopters and part of the 6ABC family, the station said. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed Wednesday that they were the only two people onboard the Eurocopter AS350B2 helicopter.

6ABC said the chopper crashed as the crew made its way back from an assignment at the Jersey Shore.

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