Seven people were injured Tuesday afternoon when a helicopter used to tour the Grand Canyon made a hard landing in Nevada, officials announced Wednesday.
Boulder City posted on Twitter that the helicopter was returning from a routine trip to the national park when the pilot made a hard landing at Boulder City Municipal Airport in the Las Vegas metro area around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The pilot and six passengers were injured in the landing. Boulder City police said none of the injuries were life-threatening, but four people were taken to Sunrise Hospital and Siena Hospital for treatment.
All who were on board are expected to recover.
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The aircraft was identified as an Airbus Helicopter EC130 T2. It belonged to Las Vegas-based Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopter air tours, according to air traffic database FlightAware.
This image provided by Boulder City communications manager Lisa LaPlante shows a Grand Canyon tour helicopter after a Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022, crash described as a “hard landing” at Boulder City, Nev., Municipal Airport.
(Lisa LaPlante/Boulder City via AP)
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FlightAware reported the flight took off from the Grand Canyon near Kingman, Ariz. for the Boulder City airport. The flight is usually around 25 minutes.
FILE – A tourist helicopter flies over Grand Canyon National Park in this aerial photograph taken above Grand Canyon, Arizona, U.S., on Thursday, June 25, 2015.
(Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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The FAA is investigating what caused the hard landing.
The National Transportation Safety Board’s website said preliminary reports are typically available within three weeks.
