"Authorities removed the wreckage of a 1980 Bell 222 helicopter from the steps of a pedestrian bridge in Huntington Beach on Monday afternoon, Oct. 13, two days after it crash landed, sending five people to the hospital, including a child. The National Transportation Safety Board did not immediately comment on the status of its investigation into the crash, due to the government shutdown, but the helicopter appeared to be put onto a flat-bed trailer to be moved to a secure location."
"A 1980 Bell 222 helicopter lies where it crashed on Saturday on the beachside of a bridge that crosses Pacific Coast Highway to the Hyatt Regency in Huntington Beach, CA, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. Eric Nixon was piloting the helicopter when it spiraled toward the ground during a preview to Sunday's Cars N Copters on the Coast event. Five people were injured in the crash; Nixon, a woman in the helicopter with him, and a child and two adults on the ground."
Emergency crews removed a 1980 Bell 222 helicopter wreckage from the steps of a pedestrian bridge in Huntington Beach on Oct. 13, two days after the aircraft crash-landed and sent five people to the hospital, including an eight-year-old child. The National Transportation Safety Board did not immediately comment on the investigation because of a government shutdown. The helicopter was loaded onto a flat-bed trailer for transport to a secure location. Two occupants of the helicopter and three people on the ground were injured, according to a GoFundMe page. The helicopter was piloted by Eric Nixon, an aviation influencer whose social media account was made private.
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