British student pilot is among three people killed after two helicopters collided midair near an Oregon airport in the US
A crashed aircraft in a field near McMinnville Municipal Airport, Oregon, where a witness on a barn roof saw two helicopters collide and plunge to the ground just outside the airport perimeter.Wreckage of a helicopter in a field near McMinnville Municipal Airport, Oregon, where the National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation into what caused two helicopters to collide midair.
Flight instructor Maddie Aasbo, 22, of Texas, and Oregon pilot Tyler Delane Sturdevant, 38, have been named as two of the three victims, while the British student pilot's identity has not yet been released. The collision between a Robinson R22 and an Airbus H125 occurred at around 2.15pm local time near McMinnville Municipal Airport, roughly 35 miles southwest of Portland, crashing into a field beside a highway.
One of the aircraft belonged to Jerry Trimble Helicopters, an aviation school operating out of McMinnville Airport, which said its 'hearts and thoughts' were with those affected.
A witness who was on a barn roof saw both helicopters collide and plunge to the ground just outside the airport perimeter, then called 911.
The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation into the cause of the collision.
