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Three killed in mid-air helicopter collision near Oregon airport
Three people died when two helicopters collided mid-air near McMinnville Municipal Airport in Oregon on Thursday afternoon.
Two helicopters collided mid-air near McMinnville Municipal Airport in Oregon on Thursday afternoon at about 2.15pm local time, killing all three people aboard. A Robinson R22 carrying two occupants struck an Airbus H125 carrying one person. The dead were identified as Maddie Aasbo, a 22-year-old flight instructor from Texas; a student pilot from the United Kingdom whose identity has not been released; and Tyler Sturdevant, 38, from Newberg, Oregon. One aircraft was operated by Jerry Trimble Helicopters, a flight training school based at the airport. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the cause of the collision.
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