Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20180327:00:39:00
>> reporter: this was a photo flight, doors off. some passengers on tethers to allow movement. as the passenger next to the pilot leans to take a shot of his feet out the door, the chopper loses power. ditching in the east river, the pilot moves to shut off the fuel line near the floor, but it's already shut off. the pilot telling ntsb investigators he saw the passenger's tether strap under the switch, which was pulled up into the off position. he turned the fuel back on and restarted the engine, but there wasn't enough time to get power. >> the way that they designed that emergency fuel shuto...
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