Video: Helicopter Crashes into River in Northeast China
China Aviation Daily | Aug. 17, 2016
A helicopter crashed into Nenjiang River in Qiqihar, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Wednesday afternoon, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The Robinson R66 chopper, Registration B-70HA, belongs to Heilongjiang Jiuzhou General Aviation Company, which was delivered in January 2016, the source said.
All three people onboard were survived from the crash. However, the crashed helicopter injured a tourist who was swimming in the river, local authority said later Wednesday.
Jiuzhou General Aviation received its operation license in June 2015, which is now operates three helicopters including one R66 and two R44s.
Further details were not immediately available, and the cause of the accident is under investigation.