UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

3 killed in film-shoot helicopter crash

|
 
Published: Feb. 10, 2013 at 2:02 PM

ACTON, Calif., Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Three people were killed in California Sunday when a helicopter involved in a film production shoot crashed, police officials said.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officials said the crash in Acton was reported at 3:40 A.M., KABC-TV, Los Angeles, reported.

Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board officials were heading to the site of the crash, KABC reported.

The Bell 206 Jet Ranger crashed under unknown circumstances at the Polsa Rosa Ranch, said FAA spokesman Allen Kenitzer, adding the aircraft sustained substantial damage.

Topics: Allen Kenitzer, Federal Aviation Administration
Recommended Stories
© 2013 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
Additional U.S. News Stories
1 of 18
Palestinian  Security Forces Patrol the Border With Egypt.
View Caption
A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad
fark
Burglar destroys home and runs from cops, but stops mid-chase to grab a couple of beers by breaking...
Bomb shelters of the rich and famous
News: Canadian climbs Mount Everest. FARK: Double amputee conquers Mount Everest
Part-time model addicted to tanning in sun beds, admits she suffers from low-self esteem and tans...
Licensed volunteer wildlife rehabilitators help nurse animals back to health so they can reenter...
Oklahoma tornado thread #3. LGT live updates/streaming