Daily Freeman (Kingston, NY)

Grand Canyon helicopter crash ‘horrible’; 4 rescued, 3 dead

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GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ARIZ.

» Four survivors of a deadly tour helicopter crash onto the jagged rocks of the Grand Canyon were being treated at a Nevada hospital on Sunday while crews tackled difficult terrain in a remote area to try to recover the bodies of three other people.

Six passengers and a pilot were on board the Papillion Grand Canyon Helicopter­s chopper when it crashed under unknown circumstan­ces on Saturday evening on the Hualapai Nation’s land near Quartermas­ter Canyon, by the Grand Canyon’s West Rim. A witness said he saw flames and black smoke spewing from the crash site, heard explosions and saw victims who were bleeding and badly burned.

“It’s just horrible,” witness Teddy Fujimoto said.

Windy conditions, darkness, the remoteness of the area and the rugged terrain made it difficult to reach the helicopter’s wreckage, Hualapai Nation Police Chief Francis Bradley said.

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