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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 18 > Co-pilot pleaded with chopper to fly, transcript of deadly 2008 crash reveals

Co-pilot pleaded with chopper to fly, transcript of deadly 2008 crash reveals

By Joan Lowy / The Bulletin
September 18, 2009

WASHINGTON " The co-pilot of a helicopter ferrying firefighters implored, "Fly darlin', fly darlin', fly darlin', fly darlin' ...'" as the chopper lost power and fell out of the air in a rugged area of Northern California last year, according to a cockpit voice recording....

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