"Reports were that they were flying in tandem, that they were flying close together, which is probably what caused the collision to occur,"
"They were just at our café having breakfast, they're regulars, they come in, they seem to be very nice people,"
"I saw one go down, and then I saw the other one go down and it was a little disbelief, like, 'Is that really happening?'"
"I say to myself, 'My God, I hope they are just flying too close, I hope they don't clip each other.' And the minute I said it to myself, the impact occurred."
Two helicopters collided in midair near Hammonton, New Jersey around 11:25 a.m., killing both pilots. Michael Greenberg, 71, was pronounced dead at the scene; Kenneth L. Kirsch, 65, was pronounced dead at the hospital. Both aircraft went down in a nearby field about a mile from the Hammonton Municipal Airport, and one burst into flames. Witnesses reported the helicopters were flying unusually close together shortly after takeoff. The helicopters were an Enstrom F-28A and an Enstrom 280C. Early reports indicate close tandem flying likely contributed to the collision.
Read at ABC7 Chicago
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