Saturday, February 10, 2024 - A chopper transporting Herbert Wigwe, the Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings crashed killing him as well as about five others in California, United States of America.
Sources said that the chopper
was headed to Las Vegas when it crashed near a border city between Nevada and
California on Friday night.
Daily Mail also reports that six people
were feared dead after the horrific helicopter crash in California marking the
state's second fatal accident in under a week.
Officials said the helicopter crashed near
Nipton on the edge of the Mojave Desert late on Friday evening
The helicopter, a Eurocopter EC 130, had
been carrying six people onboard at the time of the incident
It comes just days after a Navy chopper
carrying five troops crashed during a routine training flight in Pine
Valley, California
The helicopter carrying six people crashed
in San Bernardino County overnight, with authorities saying they have been
unable to locate any survivors.
San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department
said they had been made aware of the downed aircraft near Baker shortly after
10 pm on Friday.
In a statement, they said, "We are not
able to confirm how many people were on board or their names. No survivors have
been located."
The FAA confirmed that the Eurocopter EC
130 crashed near Nipton on the edge of the Mojave Desert Preserve, and is east
of the 15 Freeway near Halloran Springs.
According to NBC, the helicopter is
registered to a Burbank-based tour company called Orbic Air.
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