Seven people were injured Tuesday afternoon when a helicopter used to tour the Grand Canyon made a crash landing in Nevada, authorities announced Wednesday.
Boulder City posted on Twitter that the helicopter was returning from a routine trip to the national park when the pilot crash-landed at Boulder City Municipal Airport in the Las Vegas metropolitan area around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The pilot and six passengers were injured on 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.
Everyone on board is 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 the FlightAware air traffic database.
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 Municipal Airport, Nevada.
(Lisa LaPlante/Boulder City via AP)
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FlightAware reported that the flight took off from the Grand Canyon near Kingman, Arizona, for the Boulder City airport. The flight is usually about 25 minutes.
FILE – A tour helicopter flies over the Grand Canyon National Park in this aerial photo taken over the 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 crash landing.
The National Transportation Safety Board website said preliminary reports are generally available within three weeks.
