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|total_injuries = 0 |total_fatalities = 4 |total_survivors = 0 |plane1_type = Eurocopter AS-350 B2〔http://www.abc15.com/content/aboutus/bios/story.aspx?content_id=cbbf03e0-247b-4b74-be7a-8c199c50d80d〕 |plane1_name = Chopper15 |plane1_operator = KNXV-TV |plane1_passengers = 1 |plane1_crew = 1 |plane1_fatalities = 2 (all) |plane1_injuries = 0 |plane1_survivors = 0 |plane2_type = Eurocopter AS-350 |plane2_name = Newschopper3 |plane2_operator = KTVK |plane2_tailnum = N613TV |plane2_passengers = 1 |plane2_crew = 1 |plane2_fatalities = 2 (all) |plane2_injuries = 0 |plane2_survivors = 0 }} The 2007 Phoenix news helicopter collision occurred on July 27, 2007, at exactly 12:46:20 P.M. MST when two AS-350 AStar helicopters from KNXV-TV (the area's ABC affiliate) and KTVK (an independent, but was the ABC affiliate until losing it to KNXV in 1995) news stations collided in mid-air above Steele Indian School Park in Phoenix, Arizona while covering a police pursuit.〔(Accident Report 0902 ) Midair Collision of Electronic News Gathering Helicopters KTVK-TV, Eurocopter AS350B2, N613TV, and U.S. Helicopters, Inc., Eurocopter AS350B2, N215TV Aircraft National Transportation Safety Board. Accessed 2009-03-09. (Archived ) 2009-05-18.〕 Four people were killed: KTVK pilot Scott Bowerbank and photographer Jim Cox; and pilot Craig Smith and photographer Rick Krolak of KNXV. No one on the ground was injured. ==Accident== The KNXV helicopter was broadcasting live at the time of the collision, and this footage〔http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTIijI32vA0〕 subsequently circulated on media-sharing websites such as YouTube. As the helicopter's camera was pointed at the action on the ground, viewers did not see the other aircraft. KNXV pilot-reporter Craig Smith and anchor Rebecca Thomas were describing events live when Smith was heard to exclaim "Oh, geez!" as the image broke up and violent crashing noises were heard. The station immediately cut away to the studio news anchor, although screaming can be heard in the background before the link is cut off.〔 In footage from the KTVK helicopter, viewers heard the pilot talking about the scene and then the picture just went black. There was no indication of a problem at all. Three other news helicopters from other stations (KSAZ, KPNX and KPHO) were in the area and began reporting on the crash within seconds of it occurring. One photograph is known to exist, taken a moment after the collision and showing both helicopters plunging towards the ground. It was taken by a local Spanish-language newspaper, ''La Voz''. The image was circulated by the AP and shown on major media such as CNN. KSAZ "SkyFox10" reporter-pilot Don Hooper witnessed the mid-air collision. In unedited video footage,〔http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27aEB-k4wg8〕 Hooper becomes very shaken and upset as he reports that "Channel 15 and Channel 3 just had a mid-air collision. They are in a park." The video also contains audio of Hooper calling the tower at nearby Sky Harbor airport on his aircraft's FAA radio reporting the collision. Hooper then talks on a discreet frequency to another news helicopter belonging to KPNX saying he is OK, but two other helicopters just crashed. Hooper then says "I think it was Scott" referring to KTVK pilot Scott Bowerbank. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2007 Phoenix news helicopter collision」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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