iPad is likely linked to cause of fatal helicopter crash, investigators say:
Pilots Jared Bird, 36, of Anchorage and Thomas Hayes, 41, of Post Falls, Idaho, were helping fight a wildfire last year in a Chinook helicopter near North Fork, Idaho, when theAn iPad was found in the river near the cockpit of the CH-47D Chinook helicopter, said Clint Johnson, chief of the NTSB’s Alaska Regional office. Specific damage to an iPad is likely tied to the cause of the crash that took the lives of both men, Johnson said.
“They were able to find an exemplary Chinook that was owned by the same operator, they were able to actually match those witness marks up,” Johnson said. “We had that information quite some time ago, however, we needed to go through that machine to make sure we weren’t missing anything. We didn’t want to jump to conclusions. But now, we have pretty good evidence that most likely, this at least played a part in the accident at this point.
Postaccident examination of the helicopter revealed that the pilot’s left pedal was at the middle adjustment setting. With the seat restraints on, and seats adjusted, the public docket described that the men possibly could not reach the iPad before the crash. The NTSB’s final crash report is in an active review process and will likely be released in the coming months.
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