03 Nov 2012
Two Atlanta police officers were killed when their helicopter crash crashed shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday night in northwest Atlanta.
The officers, whose names were not released, were assisting with the search for a missing 9-year-old boy at the time of the crash and possibly flying lower at the time, police Chief George Turner said early Sunday. It was not immediately known what caused the crash.
“The investigation is just beginning,” Turner told reporters around 1:30 a.m. “It is not our investigation at this time.”
Both the FAA and NTSB were investigating the crash early Sunday, Turner said.
The missing child was later found safe, according to police.
The crash happened near the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. and Hamilton E. Holmes drives, near I-20. No injuries were reported on the ground, Turner said.
Traffic was routed away from the crash site for several hours during the investigation. A Georgia Power crew was also called to the scene to assist with power lines believed to have been brought down in the crash.
Turner said a chaplain was meeting with the families of the two killed officers and said the department would offer any available resources to help the survivors.
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