Cause and Circumstance: Identifying Cause In a Fatal Heli-Skiing Crash

helicopter accident

The helicopter eventually fell 500 ft. before coming to a stop.

Credit: NTSB
Heli-ski operators take skiers to snowy mountaintops so they can ski down areas of fresh snow in places where most others cannot go. For the customers, it is fun, but for the pilots and the guides, it is also risky. Many things can go wrong. A lot did go wrong on a heli-ski flight that took place on...

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