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At Least 2 Dead After Two TV News Choppers Collide, Crash While Covering Car Chase in Phoenix
Fox News ^ | Friday July 27, 2007 | Milwaukee_Guy

Posted on 07/27/2007 1:17:37 PM PDT by Milwaukee_Guy

Phoenix — Two helicopters collided in midair and crashed while covering a police pursuit in central Phoenix Friday afternoon, killing at least two people. Both helicopters were news choppers from local television stations.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: carchase; christopherjones; crash; donutwatch; helicopter; policechase; tvchase
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To: Milwaukee_Guy

(sigh) Professionalism first! Are they giving pilot’s licenses to yahoos now?


161 posted on 07/27/2007 5:39:09 PM PDT by JillValentine (Being a feminist is all about being a victim. Being an armed woman is all about not being a victim.)
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To: raccoonradio
On October 22, 1986, at 4:44 PM, while (Jane) Dornacker was giving one of (WNBC-AM)'s N-Copter traffic reports, the helicopter from which she was reporting plunged into the Hudson River from an altitude of roughly 75 feet.

i remember when this happened... Jane Dornacker used to do traffic reporting in the San Francisco Bay Area for KFRC's Dr. Don Rose segment... they were always being funny... she moved to NY... she was also an aspiring actress... she had been in a previous helicopter crash, where she and the pilot hit the water and survived... they were able to swim away from the wreckage... so when it was happening again, she told the pilot to hit the water... the second time they did not survive... it made the news here because of her earlier work on KFRC... this was very sad...

162 posted on 07/27/2007 5:41:13 PM PDT by latina4dubya
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To: JillValentine
If that were two storm chasers causing a fatal accident, the news media would go ballistic.

Let’s see how they dole out blame for an incident of their own making.

163 posted on 07/27/2007 5:42:18 PM PDT by Milwaukee_Guy (Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
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To: surely_you_jest

why on earth do so many freepers use otherwise tragic events to be dickheads?

pray tell..


164 posted on 07/27/2007 5:42:36 PM PDT by wardaddy (chicks and small kids rule me)
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To: HOTTIEBOY
The perps should be charged with murder for the deaths of these pilots.

that is unusual logic

165 posted on 07/27/2007 5:44:24 PM PDT by wardaddy (chicks and small kids rule me)
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To: modest proposal

Whole dang sky? It’s not quite as simple as that when one is maneuvering, especially in an urban area.

Still, this wasn’t an essential function, it was a silly car chase, and the pilots didn’t have to do what they did. They put sensationalism over professionalism, and a tragedy was the result.


166 posted on 07/27/2007 5:45:22 PM PDT by JillValentine (Being a feminist is all about being a victim. Being an armed woman is all about not being a victim.)
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To: wardaddy

A few here haven’t a clue. I wouldn’t pay them much attention.


167 posted on 07/27/2007 5:45:23 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: nicmarlo

It’s not, as I’m sure you agree. And I resent the fact that they will spend hours upon hours chasing after cops who are chasing after criminals, and neglect reporting actual news!

/rant
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Not Rant,,,Fact,,,

Is it gunna change ?,,,Not a chance...


168 posted on 07/27/2007 5:45:55 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: All

Live video from the Channel 15 chopper as it went down.

Disturbing......

http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=3645


169 posted on 07/27/2007 5:46:40 PM PDT by Milwaukee_Guy (Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
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To: dragnet2

no kidding..


170 posted on 07/27/2007 5:48:01 PM PDT by wardaddy (chicks and small kids rule me)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

No, it likely won’t change. But this is ridiculous to put lives at risk over, not only the crew, but, as you mentioned, it could have also caused deaths of school children, if the location had been elsewhere when they crashed.

I don’t think it’s worth people dying over car chases.

Very sad.


171 posted on 07/27/2007 5:48:15 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: nicmarlo
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172 posted on 07/27/2007 5:49:41 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68
LOL!!
173 posted on 07/27/2007 5:51:40 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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AP/La Voz-The Arizona Republic, AJ Alexander -------------------------------- Could be this year's Pulitzer Prize photo. Did an amateur take this?
174 posted on 07/27/2007 5:54:24 PM PDT by Milwaukee_Guy (Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
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To: Milwaukee_Guy

TANKS M_GUY,,,Prayers Up...


175 posted on 07/27/2007 5:55:38 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

Godspeed!


176 posted on 07/27/2007 5:56:16 PM PDT by Milwaukee_Guy (Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
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To: nicmarlo

LOL;0)


177 posted on 07/27/2007 5:57:34 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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Police and firefighters stand near the site of a helicopter crash in Indian Steele Park.
178 posted on 07/27/2007 5:59:03 PM PDT by Milwaukee_Guy (Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
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To: Milwaukee_Guy

What an awful day for their families and friends.

That was a disturbing video.


179 posted on 07/27/2007 6:00:32 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: JennysCool

I doubt they would zoom in that much on any station. I recall watching stuff like this, and very rarely do stations zoom in enough to where you can see anybody.

For example, last year or so there was some incident in Colorado with a guy who was shot by cops on a freeway during a chase. The news didn’t zoom in very much...you saw the guy fall kind of, but that was about it....very distant.

Just like this coverage. I saw one shot that was quite close...50 feet or so away on the ground...but the rest has been far away.


180 posted on 07/27/2007 6:00:56 PM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Dick Cheney should have gone hunting with Hillary." -- Yakov Smirnoff)
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