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2 survive emergency helicopter landing in Neb.
Published Thursday, September 03, 2009 at 06:30 PM
ARAPAHOE, Neb. (AP) _ The Federal Aviation Administration is trying to find out what forced a helicopter pilot to make a crash-landing in south-central Nebraska. Chief Deputy Doug Brown of the Furnas County Sheriff's Department said Thursday that the pilot and co-pilot walked away with minor injuries. The craft tipped over and ripped itself apart as it landed on soft dirt in some old corn rows around 11 a.m. Wednesday. It came down two miles north of Arapahoe, near U.S. Highway 283. The pilots reported hearing a loud bang while cruising at 700 feet. Brown says the helicopter, a two-place Hughes 300C, had taken off earlier from York, where it had stopped overnight. He says one of the pilots owned the craft and was moving it from Chicago to his new home in Salida, Colo.

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