A helicopter crash in California’s Mojave Desert on Friday killed six people, authorities said.
The accident occurred around 10pm local time on Friday. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told Fox News Digital that the helicopter was a Eurocopter EC130 with six people on board.
According to reports, the crash occurred near Nipton, California, along the California-Nevada border, east of Interstate 15, near Halloran Springs Road. FOX 11 Los Angeles.
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The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department told local media that the helicopter departed from the Palm Springs Airport on Friday around 8:45 p.m. It was on its way to Boulder City, Nevada, before the crash. Boulder City is approximately 42 miles from Las Vegas.
Dusk sets over a desert landscape about 10 miles north of Nipton, California. (Gina Ferrazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images/File)
The weather at the time of the accident was reportedly raining and snowing.
Authorities are searching for survivors, but none have yet been found. The victim has not been identified.
“The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will investigate,” the FAA statement said. “The NTSB is in charge of the investigation and will provide updates as they become available.”
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A rugged prairie with a Joshua tree in the Mojave Desert landscape. (Gina Ferrazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images/File)
The NTSB told FOX News Digital that investigators will arrive at the scene Saturday.
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“They will be documenting the scene and inspecting the aircraft,” an NTSB spokesperson explained. “The aircraft will then be recovered to a secure facility for further evaluation.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department for more information but did not receive a response.
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