LOGAN, W.Va. — The investigation right into a deadly helicopter crash in Logan County this week will now shift to Georgia. The Nationwide Transportation Security Board accomplished transport of the wreckage from the crash web site on Route 17 at Blair Mountain to a warehouse within the Atlanta space.
NTSB specialists will analyze each piece of the wreckage and rebuild the crash scene for additional examine. A preliminary report is anticipated in days, however the precise investigation into what introduced down the Vietnam period Huey chopper could take as much as two years to finish.
Route 17, the Blair Mountain Freeway, was reopened to site visitors Friday afternoon. The crash got here because the house owners of the classic helicopter supplied free rides as a part of the annual Huey Reunion on the Logan County Airport.
In the meantime, studies point out the id of a 3rd particular person killed within the crash. WCHS TV reported Friday the household of Jack Collins of Logan County was among the many six who perished that day. Collins’ daughter tells WCHS they may not pay money for her father and she or he went to the Logan airport the place the flight originated and located his motorbike.
MetroNews was capable of independently affirm the id of two extra victims. Marvin Bledsoe of Chapmanville and John Nagle of Texas have been additionally killed in accordance with relations.
The official launch of the names has been delayed because the state Medical Examiner continues work to make a constructive identification on every of the our bodies.