3 killed after 2 helicopters collide near Oregon airport
What's new: Investigators are sorting out conflicting early accounts over which helicopter carried two people.
Three people died Thursday after a Robinson R22 and an Airbus helicopter collided in midair near McMinnville Municipal Airport in Oregon and crashed into a field by a highway. Yamhill County authorities identified the dead as flight instructor Maddie Aasbo, 22, of Texas; a student pilot from the United Kingdom whose name was withheld pending family notification; and Tyler Delane Sturdevant, 38, of Newberg, Oregon. The crash happened around 2:10 p.m. local time near McMinnville, about 40 miles southwest of Portland. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board responded, with the NTSB leading the investigation into what caused the collision.