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الاربعاء 7 ديسمبر 2011
المكان: لوس انجليس / أمريكا
الضحايا: 5 أشخاص


تحطمت طائرة هليكوبتر كانت تقل اربعة ركاب فى نزهة فوق سد هوفر بالقرب من مدينة لاس فيغاس يوم الاربعاء , ما ادى الى مقتل الطيار والركاب الاربعة , على ما قال متحدث باسم هيئة خدمات الحدائق.

ووقع الحادث حوالى الساعة الخامسة مساء بالتوقيت المحلى (0100 بتوقيت غرينتش) عندما سقطت الطائرة التى تديرها شركة ((سوندانس هليكوبترز) خارج منطقة بحيرة ميد الوطنية للاستجمام شرقى لاس فيغاس ، على ما نقلت وسائل الاعلام عن السلطات المحلية.

ونقلت التقارير عن شهود عيان قولهم انهم شاهدوا تصاعد السنة الدخان من حطام على ما يبدو الطائرة المنكوبة .

وقال المتحدث باسم الشرطة المحلية بيل كاسيل ان الطائرة سقطت فى مكان منعزل وحاول رجال الانقاذ انقاذ الضحايا بيد انه تبين مصرعهم جميعا, مشيرا الى انهم قد ينتظروا حتى صباح اليوم التالى لمواصلة انتشال الجثث نظرا لطبيعة موقع الحادث. ومازال سبب الحادث مجهولا وقيد التحقيق.

Tour helicopter underwent engine work day before crash outside Las Vegas that killed 5
5 bodies removed from Vegas tour crash site

December 07, 2011
Rescue crews completed the difficult process of recovering bodies Thursday from a remote canyon outside Las Vegas after the crash of a tour helicopter belonging to a company with repeated aviation violations.
Sundance Helicopters of Las Vegas had at least five accidents and was the subject of 10 federal enforcement actions since 1994. It charted a luxury sunset tour of the Las Vegas Strip and Hoover Dam on Wednesday that killed a 31-year-old pilot and his four passengers.



The recovery of the bodies and the investigation were complicated by the remoteness of the rugged canyon accessible only by helicopter and four-wheel-drive.

Mark Rosekind, a National Transportation Safety Board member, said the helicopter crashed near the bottom of a V-shaped canyon about 150 feet deep in the River Mountains bordering Lake Mead. Investigators had to climb ladders into the canyon to survey the scene, he said.

Clark County Coroner Michael Murphy said Thursday that all five bodies had been recovered, but they were not easily recognizable.

"This was not an easy process," Murphy said as night fell and the bodies were removed by all-terrain vehicle from the site in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Murphy said he could not release the names of the dead until medical examiners make identifications. The process may involve the use of DNA, fingerprint and dental records.

In Kansas, a relative of two of the passengers on board identified them as Delwin and Tamara Chapman, a couple from the town of Utica celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. Ron Solze, whose son is married to one of the Chapmans' four daughters, said the couple from western Kansas went to Las Vegas to celebrate their anniversary and renew their wedding vows.

Solze said Delwin Chapman ran a construction company and his wife recently closed her hairstyling shop in the town of about 160 people.

"It's a small town, so this affects a lot of people," Solze said. "They were good people."

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