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| Title: | Investigators find signs of 'inflight breakup' before fatal helicopter crash near Sussex | CBC News |
| Link: | Original article on cbc.ca |
| Region: | NL |
| Topics: | van; weekend; board; near; breakup; helicopter; fatal; zutphen; crash; site; safety; signs; chaulk; sussex; inflight; investigators; Helicopter; Old Style and New Style dates; Transportation Safety Board of Canada; Robinson R44 |
| Datetime: | 4/1/2026, 9:39:18 PM |
| Summary: | An investigator with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a helicopter experienced an "inflight breakup" before crashing in southern New Brunswick on the weekend, killing the pilot. Vincent Van Zutphen of Mabou, N.S., died when his Robinson R-44 helicopter crashed Saturday en route from Fredericton to the airport in Sussex. But based on observations at the crash site in the Norton area, investigators believe the helicopter experienced an “inflight breakup." Allan Chaulk, on the site of a plane crash last summer in Newfoundland, says it's too early to determine the cause of the fatal helicopter crash on the weekend near Sussex. Josh Kelly, a friend of the victim, said Van Zutphen lived to the fullest.... |
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