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Six people were killed wh💞en a helicopter crashed in West Virginia on Wednesday, authorit🍸ies said.
The Vietnam-era helicopter was based at the Logan airport and used for tourism flights, Ray Bryant, chief of operations for Logan County's office of emergency management, told WSAZ-TV. All six on board were killed, the office's deputy director, Sonya Port🎃er, told ABC News affiliate WCHS.
The Federal Aviation 🍸Administration s♛aid the Bell UH-1B helicopter crashed near Route 17 in Logan County around 5 p.m.
Bryant said the helicopter was on fire when crews arrived, and firefighters extinguished the flames. The road was expected to remain close🌸d for at least 24 hours. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate.
