7 hurt as Grand Canyon tour helicopter makes hard landing
This image provided by Boulder City communications manager Lisa LaPlante shows a Grand Canyon tour helicopter after a Dec. 27, crash described as a "hard landing" at Boulder City Municipal Airport. Officials say the pilot and six passengers were taken to Las Vegas-area hospitals with injuries that were not life-threatening. (Lisa LaPlante/Boulder City via AP)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Grand Canyon tour helicopter made a hard landing at a Las Vegas-area airport, injuring seven people, officials said Dec. 28. Authorities are investigating the cause.
Local responders and the National Transportation Safety Board characterized it as a "hard landing" around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Boulder City Municipal Airport, while the Federal Aviation Administration called it a crash while landing.
A photo posted on Facebook showed the red helicopter upright in a flat desert area. There were no reports of a fire.
The pilot and six passengers were taken to hospitals in Las Vegas and suburban Henderson for treatment of injuries that Boulder City spokesperson Lisa LaPlante called not life-threatening.
The FAA said it is investigating, and the NTSB identified the operator of the Airbus Helicopters EC130 T2 as Las Vegas-based Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopter air tours.
Papillon representatives did not immediately respond Wednesday to a telephone message.
FlightAware, an air traffic database, reported that the 25-minute flight originated at the Grand Canyon near Kingman, Arizona, and was headed for the Boulder City airport. Boulder City is a 30-minute drive from downtown Las Vegas.
NTSB spokesperson Peter Knudson said a preliminary report should be available within about three weeks.
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