NOW FOX-4 CHOPPER CRASHES NEAR DALLAS

[MikeShannon914]

Check the Dallas Radio board for details. Briefly, no one killed, Chip Waggoner (KDFW) and Julie DeHarty (KVIL, KRLD) and pilot were the only ones on board. Julie got a cut across her head. Chopper appears totaled; it ended up on its side. Wreck was in Grand Prairie, just north of Joe Pool Lake.

 

[KERCAlum]

Sadly, this appears to be a bad weekend for aviation. First, there was the emergency landing of a vintage WWII plane on its way to the Oshkosh air show. Then, the collision and crash of the two Phoenix news helicopters. Then, at Oshkosh, a mid-air collision between two WWII fighters in which one pilot died. Now, not only the Fox 4 chopper "hard landing" but also the emergency landing of what looked like a twin-engine private airplane at Point Mugu, CA. I don't recall a time (other than 9/11) when there were so many aviation-related accidents in one short time frame.

 

[TheRob]

Undeterred, KDFW was back in the air for a police chase in the afternoon. The driver told police his cat was dying, and he was trying to reach the vet. Imagine if a crash had occurred because of that!

 

[newsmark]

All four TV station helicopters and the DPS chopper were in the air for that one. Must have been some crowded skies.

 

[KPLEXCOMPLEX]

Footage was great. Channel 11 actually did a good job. Channel 8 broke off early soon after the arrest.

 

[MikeShannon914]

5 broke off at the same time, about 4:25.

I'm sure a lot of us couldn't help but think about the Phoenix crashes the whole time while watching this afternoon's chase here. Sometimes the concept of "pool reporting" makes a lot of sense.

 

[newsmark]

It felt pretty eerie to watch, too. It created that sense of impending disaster.