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Investigators say the Philadelphia television news crew members who died after their helicopter crashed in a southern New Jersey forest were returning from a trip to film a Christmas lights

2 who died in Chopper 6 crash were top-line professionals who will be sadly missed

New details of the fatal crash of a Philadelphia news helicopter earlier this week

SHAMONG, N.J. (AP) — A Philadelphia television news helicopter returning from an assignment photographing Christmas lights earlier this week plunged into a southern New Jersey forest “at very high speed,” broke apart, then caught fire after it crashed, killing both occupants, a federal crash investigator said Friday.

Chopper 6, the TV news helicopter for 6abc in Philadelphia that crashed, plunged into a southern New Jersey forest then broke apart, investigators said.

Action News' Chopper 6 plummeted into New Jersesy's Pine Barrens “at very high speed,” before it broke apart and caught fire, killing photojournalist Christopher Dougherty and pilot Monroe Smith, a federal crash investigator said Friday.

New information has been released in connection to the ABC News helicopter that crashed in southern New Jersey on Tuesday night, as investigators said Friday there was no evidence of an in-flight fire or explosion. The Philadelphia-based chopper had been returning from an assignment filming Christmas lights on the Jersey Shore when it crashed into a wooded area in Washington Township at a low ...

The NTSB investigation into the deadly 6abc helicopter crash is wrapping the sight and will move the wreckage to a secure location for further examination. They found the pilot did not make a mayday call prior to the crash.

SHAMONG, N.J. — A Philadelphia television news helicopter returning from an assignment photographing Christmas lights this week plunged into a southern New Jersey forest “at very high speed,” broke apart, then caught fire after it crashed, killing both occupants, a federal crash investigator said Friday. Todd Gunther, an investigator with

Killed in the crash were the pilot, 67-year-old Monroe Smith of Glenside, Pennsylvania, and a photographer, 45-year-old Christopher Dougherty of Oreland, Pennsylvania