The crash was reported at 12:18 p.m. and multiple jurisdictions responded. Natural Resources Police with assistance from the Maryland State Police, Anne Arundel County, Annapolis Fire Department, United Communities Volunteer Fire Department, Talbot County Volunteer Fire Department and United States Coast Guard searched the area south of Bloody Point near Kent Point Marina. The wreckage was found at about 6 p.m. in about 55 feet of water.
The bodies of two victims were recovered. The pilot, Charles Knight, 38 of Mt. Airy, and passenger Matt Clarke, 36 of Pasadena, died in the crash. The state Medical Examiner's office will conduct autopsies.
Natural Resources Police investigators are working with the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration investigators to recover the wreckage.
2 comments:
It's not often a Helicopter crashes. It should have been a soft landing, no matter where it went down. The description of the crash scene makes is sound like it was anything BUT a soft landing. It will be interesting to find out what totally disabled that helicopter in mid-air, causing it to drop suddenly from the sky. Something must have hit it for that to have happened. A catastrophic engine or transmission failure is about the only thing that will make a helicopter fall from the sky. For only two deaths, I doubt they will spend much time on the investigation.
10:54 AM I was thinking the exact same thing. It was also reported that fog was in the air so I can't imagine the chopper being that high up in the air. When I heard that there was a lot of debris on the water that threw up a red flag for me. Rarely do you see a helicopter crash that bad.
Either way, prayers for all affected.
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