LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- One of our
helicopters, N72EX, Sikorsky S76, was involved in an accident on
Sunday, January 26th in the
Calabasas area of LA County.
We are deeply saddened by this tragedy. Our top priority is
providing assistance to the families of the passengers and the
pilot. We hope that you will respect their privacy at this
extremely difficult time.
The pilot, Ara Zobayan, was our
chief pilot. Ara has been with the company
for over 10 years and has over
8,000 flight hours.
We are working closely with the National
Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to investigate the
cause of the accident and we are grateful
to the first responders
and local authorities for their
response to this unimaginable accident.
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SOURCE Island Express