Probe: Doomed Philadelphia news helicopter hit trees fast, broke up, then burned, killing 2 on board
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Todd Gunther, investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, speaks to reporters at a news briefing in Shamong, N.J., on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, where he added additional details about the fatal crash of a Philadelphia news helicopter in a New Jersey forest on Dec. 19, 2023. Gunther said WPVI's Chopper 6 hit the trees at high speed, broke apart and caught fire, killing the pilot and a photographer. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)Todd Gunther, investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, prepares for a news briefing in Shamong, N.J., on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, where he added additional details about the fatal crash of a Philadelphia news helicopter in a New Jersey forest on Dec. 19, 2023. Gunther said WPVI's Chopper 6 hit the trees at high speed, broke apart and caught fire, killing the pilot and a photographer. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)Todd Gunther, investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, speaks to reporters at a news briefing in Shamong, N.J., on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, where he added additional details about the fatal crash of a Philadelphia news helicopter in a New Jersey forest on Dec. 19, 2023. Gunther said WPVI's Chopper 6 hit the trees at high speed, broke apart and caught fire, killing the pilot and a photographer. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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Todd Gunther, investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, speaks to reporters at a news briefing in Shamong, N.J., on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, where he added additional details about the fatal crash of a Philadelphia news helicopter in a New Jersey forest on Dec. 19, 2023. Gunther said WPVI's Chopper 6 hit the trees at high speed, broke apart and caught fire, killing the pilot and a photographer. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)