{"id":11253,"date":"2022-03-20T03:14:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T03:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/03\/20\/la-county-sheriffs-helicopter-crash-in-azusa\/"},"modified":"2022-03-20T03:14:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T03:14:13","slug":"la-county-sheriffs-helicopter-crash-in-azusa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/03\/20\/la-county-sheriffs-helicopter-crash-in-azusa\/","title":{"rendered":"LA County Sheriff’s Helicopter Crash in Azusa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s helicopter crashed in the Azusa-Glendora region with six passengers on board.<\/p>\n

All passengers were rescued and transported to Pomona Valley Medical Center, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said. <\/p>\n

“They are in a stable condition, some more uplifted than others, but grateful to be alive,” he said.<\/p>\n

The accident happened on Route 39 near Azusa. The chopper went off at 4:52 p.m., according to the National Transportation Safety Board.<\/p>\n

The green Air Rescue 5 helicopter responded to a call for service in the area at the time of the crash. San Dimas train station received a call that a helicopter had crashed at 4:58 p.m., the sheriff said.<\/p>\n

The damaged plane landed on its side in Azusa Canyon near San Gabriel Dam Saturday afternoon. There were several emergency vehicles on site.<\/p>\n

The rescue helicopter makes hundreds of flights each year to some of the toughest terrain, often flying in narrow canyons and dealing with difficult topography. <\/p>\n

The helicopter crew has “saved thousands of lives over the years,” Villanueva said.<\/p>\n

Air Rescue 5’s fateful flight began at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, where it regularly deposited hikers and motorists injured in the San Gabriel Mountains. <\/p>\n

Nothing extraordinary appeared as the chopper left the hospital on Saturday afternoon, even though there were many low-hanging clouds around the mountain range.<\/p>\n

The NTSB has launched an investigation into the accident, said spokesman Eric Weiss.<\/p>\n

In February, a Huntington Beach Police helicopter crashed in Newport Harbor off the Lido Peninsula, killing passenger Nicholas Vella, a 14-year veteran of the Huntington Beach Police Department. The pilot in that accident was slightly injured.<\/p>\n

Times staff writer Nathan Fenno contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n