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No Survivors Found After Helicopter Crashes With Six Aboard, Officials Say
The crash happened on Friday night in California near the Nevada border, roughly 60 miles south of Las Vegas, the authorities said.
A helicopter carrying six people crashed on Friday night near the California-Nevada border, and no survivors have been located as of Saturday morning, the authorities said.
The Federal Aviation Administration said that the Eurocopter EC130 helicopter crashed at around 10 p.m. local time near Nipton, Calif., an unincorporated community about 60 miles south of Las Vegas in eastern San Bernardino County.
It was unclear on Saturday morning where the helicopter departed from and where it was headed.
Officials at the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department were made aware of the downed aircraft at 10:12 p.m. local time.