Pilots Dead After Helicopter Crash in Guilin, Southwest China
China Aviation Daily | Apr. 27, 2016
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A helicopter, missing Tuesday in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, crashed in mountains near Yongfu county of Guilin city, killing all two people onboard.
The helicopter took off from Guilin at around 11:00 a.m., and was headed to Beihai. It lost contact about one hour later in Guilin's Yongfu County, the county government said.
The Robinson R44 helicopter (Registration B-7549) belongs to Guilin General Aviation Company. The accident occurred while the pilots were conducting transferring flight from Guilin Ludi to Nanning.
At 12:40 p.m. on Wednesday, the Guilin-based company announced the missing helicopter wreckage has been found in Yongfu, but no survivor.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
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