The preliminary reports of the NTSB are usually issued within 30 to 60 days. The full report takes one to two years because the organization has a finite level of staff and
Logs from authorities with the California Highway Patrol show there was rain and snow in the area at about the time of the crash. Witnesses reported that it was raining with a "wintry mix," according to the NTSB. People also reported a fire on the helicopter and some downed power lines.
“The helicopter was not equipped with a cockpit voice recorder or a flight data recorder,” he said at a media briefing Saturday in Barstow, California, adding that the type of aircraft wasn’t required to have those types of recording devices aboard.
Dark skies and bad weather caused a helicopter crash that killed a bank CEO, his wife and his child, according to aviation experts.
It's very hard to get a straight answer. The main answer is that people witnessed it explode in mid-air and crash. "Experts" are saying it was bad weather. Photos were released of it is as a mangled, burned out wreck. People are saying they saw it explode, then crash.
But at the moment the main answer being given is "bad weather".
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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bad-weather-likely-factor-crash-150231283.html
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/desert-helicopter-crashed-killed-ceo-340048
It's very hard to get a straight answer. The main answer is that people witnessed it explode in mid-air and crash. "Experts" are saying it was bad weather. Photos were released of it is as a mangled, burned out wreck. People are saying they saw it explode, then crash.
But at the moment the main answer being given is "bad weather".