May 15, 2018
A DPS helicopter was damaged and forced to land following a bird strike April 29. The crew had been in Williams assisting on a search and was returning to base in Kingman at 1 a.m. when a flock of birds struck the helicopter.
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Arizona Department of Public Safety officers are used to responding to emergency incidents and lending a hand, but it was the officers themselves who ended up needing help April 29 when a DPS helicopter aiding a search for a missing four-year old in Williams was forced to land following a bird strike late that evening.