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A Grand Canyon tour helicopter crashed into a Las Vegas area airport, injuring seven people, officials said Wednesday. Authorities are investigating the cause.
Local responders and the National Transportation Safety Board deemed it a “hard landing” at Boulder City Municipal Airport around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, and the Federal Aviation Administration called it a crash during landing.
A photo posted on Facebook showed a red helicopter standing upright in a flat desert area. There were no reports of fires.
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 said were not life-threatening.
The FAA said it was investigating, and the NTSB has identified the operator of the Airbus Helicopters EC130 T2 as Las Vegas-based Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopter Air Tours.
A Papillon representative did not immediately respond to a phone message on Wednesday.
FlightAware, an air traffic database, reported that the 25-minute flight began at the Grand Canyon near Kingman, Arizona and was heading to Boulder City Airport. Boulder City is a 30-minute drive from downtown Las Vegas.
NTSB spokesperson Peter Knudson said the interim report will be available in about three weeks.
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