Disturbing movies present a helicopter spiraling to the bottom and bursting into flames after its tail rotor indifferent from the plane.
Police in Rowlett, Texas, mentioned two folks died after the 11:30 a.m. Friday crash. Additional particulars, that are being investigated by federal businesses, have but to be launched. Videos posted on-line present the harrowing wreck exterior of Dallas and its aftermath.
WFAA reporter Matt Howerton posted a video of the helicopter tumbling from the sky.
BREAKING: @wfaa has obtained video of the chopper from right this moment’s crash in Rowlett spiraling to the bottom earlier than influence.
In it you see the tail rotor indifferent from the plane—spiraling individually down to the bottom too.
*This video could also be disturbing and robust language is used. pic.twitter.com/jcuTejL9ty
— Matt Howerton (@HowertonNews) March 25, 2022
In a followup tweet, Howerton mentioned the pilot of the helicopter didn’t survive the crash, and the Nationwide Transportation Security Board is taking the lead on the investigation.
“This video—will likely play a HUGE part in their investigation,” he mentioned.

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The pilot and passenger had been killed when the Robinson R44 copter went down, reported WFAA, citing the Federal Aviation Administration. It crashed in an open lot surrounded by companies. The victims haven’t been recognized.
The plane was owned by Sky Helicopters, a North Texas-based helicopter firm that typically contracts with the station for aerial protection, in accordance to WFAA. It isn’t clear what the craft was doing earlier than the crash.
A doorbell digital camera additionally captured the wreck. The video, obtained by WFAA, exhibits the helicopter plummeting to the bottom and erupting into flames and smoke.
Witnesses advised KXAS-TV that one thing appeared off with the copter earlier than it crashed.
“We seen the helicopter going real slow and my wife says, ‘man, that doesn’t look right,'” witness Scott Ussery advised the station. “It started swinging a little bit and going down lower and it started going out of control.”
Joseph Kasper described to WFAA that he was working at a close-by mechanic store when the helicopter crashed about 40 toes away. He advised the station he noticed it hover as its tail rotor appeared to break midair. The plane remained fluttering, earlier than falling straight down and catching hearth on the bottom, he mentioned.
Folks working at a close-by enterprise noticed the crash’s smoke and tried to put out the fireplace with extinguishers, experiences KXAS.
“We couldn’t get too close because of heat and the blaze,” Andrew Reyna advised KXAS.
Video of the aftermath exhibits grass scorched black close to tarps cordoning the particles. The copter’s tail rotor was seen on prime of a constructing.
The Nationwide Transportation Security Board and Sky Helicopters advised Newsweek in an e mail that an investigator will arrive within the space Friday and survey the crash website Saturday morning.
WFAA declined remark to Newsweek.