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CROYDON, N.H. (AP) — A helicopter crashed within the woods shortly after taking off in Croydon, New Hampshire, killing the pilot, the one individual on board, authorities stated. The craft was reported as lacking for a minimum of a number of hours.
The helicopter had taken off at about 7:30 p.m. Sunday, however the pilot, who was working for JBI Helicopter Companies, couldn’t be tracked shortly after that, the New Hampshire Fish and Recreation Division stated in a information launch Monday. It was scheduled to fly to a job web site in Quonset Level, Rhode Island, about 180 miles (289.6 kilometers) away.
The Croydon Hearth Division stated it obtained a report of a lacking airplane at about 10:30 p.m., stated deputy chief Zachary White.
The helicopter was discovered a number of hours later in a closely wooded space close to the takeoff web site, White stated in an e-mail Monday.
“The pilot was the one occupant and he did move away,” the e-mail learn.
The pilot, Carl Svenson, 73, of Loudon, New Hampshire, was discovered lifeless within the closely broken helicopter, the Fish and Recreation Division stated.
Svenson had been a pilot for about 50 years and began working for JBI Helicopter Companies within the Eighties, the division stated.
The reason for the crash is underneath investigation.
Croydon is a small city in western New Hampshire, about 35 miles from Vermont.
