A helicopter crashed and caught on fire Wednesday in northwest Oklahoma City.
The incident happened in the 1700 block of N Cimarron Road near Interstate 40 and NW 10th.
The Oklahoma City Fire Department said the two pilots got out of the helicopter before it caught on fire.
The aircraft belonged to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. They said the pilots are OK.
The crash happened near Clarence E. Page Municipal Airport.
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A government helicopter that was being flown by two pilots from a federal border agency crashed in Oklahoma City on Wednesday afternoon, according to local and federal officials.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter went down near the 1700 block of North Cimarron Road in a fiery blaze that first responders struggled to contain.
A CBP spokeswoman told the
Washington Examiner Wednesday evening that the pilots had been flying as part of a routine training exercise at the agency s Air Training Center in Oklahoma City. The helicopter went down with the pilots inside, but both unnamed pilots survived after crashing in a field. Both pilots have since been released from a local hospital with minor injuries.
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The Oklahoma City Fire Department told News 9 they responded to the crash around 3:30 p.m. and the helicopter was completely in flames.
Billows of smoke could be seen near Cimmaron Road Wednesday afternoon after the helicopter crashed at the Clarence. E. Page Airport.
“The ship is pretty much burned to the ground except for the tail,” said Jim Gardner from above the scene.
“When we got on scene what we encountered was a helicopter that was already on the ground out here on the field of the airport. It was already essentially burned all the way down to the frame, two pilots were on board the helicopter,” said Battalion Chief Benny Fulkerson with the OKC Fire Department.
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