It has materialised that power lines could be the cause of the helicopter crash in which a pilot lost his life.
On Saturday 27th April 2013, the Bell 206B helicopter crashed by a set of power lines in a small suburb of Montana, US. The vehicle was being piloted by an unnamed individual who unfortunately did not survive the incident. He was the only person on board.
Now, 2 days since the fatality, a Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) spokesman has announced that initial information suggests that the helicopter got caught on the power cables before going down.
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