Three people died when a EC-130 helicopter operated by sightseeing tour company Papillon Airways went down at 5:20 p.m. (7:20 p.m. ET) Saturday near Quartermaster Canyon, within the Grand Canyon on the Hualapai Nation.
Three other passengers and the pilot were injured.
The
six passengers on board were visiting from the United Kingdom, Police
Chief Francis E. Bradley Sr. of the Hualapai reservation said.
Passengers
Becky Dobson, 27, Jason Hill, 32, and Stuart Hill, 30, suffered fatal
injuries in the crash, according to a news release from the Hualapai
Nation Police Department. Their bodies were recovered early Sunday
afternoon.
The survivors of the
crash were rescued during an operation that stretched into the early
hours of Sunday morning, Bradley said.
The
injured pilot was identified as Scott Booth, 42. The hospitalized
passengers were identified as Ellie Milward, 29, Jonathan Udall, 32, and
Jennifer Barham, 39, according to the police news release.
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