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Continuing coverage: 2 dead in helicopter crash near Alton
KMOV St. Louis ^
| 8/7/2025
| KMOV St. Louis
Posted on 08/07/2025 10:57:38 PM PDT by Paul R.
First responders from multiple agencies responded Thursday to the Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois, after a helicopter crashed on a barge.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: alton; crash; dead; helicopter
The chopper was part of a crew doing work on electric power lines over the Mississippi River. Apparently it somehow hit one of the lines.
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posted on
08/07/2025 10:57:38 PM PDT
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Paul R.
To: Paul R.
Witnesses describe the chopper exploding, then falling in flames onto the barge. Luckily a towboat with firefighting capacity was nearby to put out the fire.
RIP to the crew, and prayers for their friends and families. :-(
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posted on
08/07/2025 10:59:58 PM PDT
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Paul R.
(Old Viking saying: "Never be more than 3 steps away from your weapon ... or a Uriah Heep song!" ;-))
To: Paul R.
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posted on
08/07/2025 11:19:37 PM PDT
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Texas Fossil
(Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
To: Paul R.
Prayers are needed greatly right now.
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posted on
08/08/2025 3:45:44 AM PDT
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No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: Paul R.
Do helicopters crash more than planes?
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posted on
08/08/2025 6:24:36 AM PDT
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Rennes Templar
(President Trump is back.)
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