Helicopter and plane collide midair in Arizona; 2 killed
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A helicopter and a single-engine plane collided in midair over suburban Phoenix Friday, and the two people aboard the copter died after it crashed into a brush field near a municipal airport, officials said.
News video showed a firefighting crew using a tarp to cover the helicopter's burned wreckage in brush on what appeared to be a vacant lot or field near the airport's southern boundary. The plane was upright at the airport near a runway and its fuselage appeared intact.
The landing gear of the plane, a Piper PA-28, was damaged in the collision, but the plane landed safely, the Federal Aviation Administration reported in a statement. The helicopter was a Robinson R22, according to the FAA.
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