Departamentul de Poliție al națiunii Hualapai a anunțat că Becky Dobson, în vârstă de 27 de ani, Jason Hill, 32 de ani, și Stuart Hill, 30 de ani, au murit în urma accidentului. Alți trei britanici și pilotul au fost răniți când elicopterul care făcea un tur al canionului s-a prăbușit în statul Arizona.
Nu se cunosc deocamdată cauzele accidentului.
Poliția a declarat că britanicii Ellie Milward, în vârstă de 29 de ani, Jonathan Udall, de 32 de ani și Jennifer Barham, de 39 de ani, au fost răniți în accident, împreună cu pilotul Scott Booth, 42 de ani. Ei au fost salvați după aproape 9 ore de la producerea accidentului și au fost transportați University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Elicopterul implicat în accident aparține companiei Papillon Airways, care se prezintă drept „cea mai mare companie aeriană de vizitare a lumii” și spune că transportă anual peste 600.000 de oameni pe an.
Grand Canyon, care are lungime de peste 1,6 kilometri, este una dintre cele mai vizitate atracții turistice din SUA.
O altă tragedie aviatică s-a produs în acest weekend în Rusia. Un avion cu 71 de persoane la bord s-a prăbușit lângă Moscova. Un avion de pasageri Antonov An-148 s-a prăbușit, duminică, la scurt timp după ce a decolat de pe aeroportul Domodevo.
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