Video the moment when a helicopter escaped under control enters the palm trees on a popular beach in California / more wounded
The helicopter collapsed in palm trees on Huntington Beach, California. Credit Line: Michael Heiman / Getty Images / Profimedia
A helicopter flying on Saturday over a popular beach in southern California suddenly began to spiral. The helicopter then lost altitude and collapsed in a row of palm trees, under the eyes of the beach tourists, The Guardian reports.
The whole moment was surprised by the witnesses in a filming, published on social networks. In the pictures, you can see how the aircraft begins to rotate above Huntington Beach, near the Pacific Coast highway, then collapses towards the edge of the beach, where it is blocked between palm trees.
Five people were transported to the hospital: three people walking on the street and two people who were in the helicopter and were “safe from the wreck” after the accident on Saturday, the Huntington Beach fire department announced.
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The cause of the accident has not yet been revealed.
The fire department said that the helicopter was associated with an annual fundraising event “Cars n Copters”, planned for Sunday.
