ANG helicopter na kinalululanan ng country singer na si Troy Gentry ay "spur of the moment" trip, lahad ng federal investigator sa People.

Kinumpirma ng kanyang banda na si Gentry – isa sa Montgomery Gentry duo – ay pumanaw sa edad na 50 nitong Biyernes, pero walang ibinigay na detalye sa New Jersey crash.

Troy Gentry

Inihayag ni Brian Rayner, senior air safety investigator kasama ang National Transportation Safety Board, sa People, na ang helicopter na kinalululanan ni Gentry, ang Schweitzer 269 Charlie 1 aircraft, ay unang inilarawan bilang “impromptu, spur of the moment.”

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Ani Rayner, “(It was a) ‘Would you like to go for a helicopter ride?’ Not long after takeoff, the pilot announced over the airport frequency – which was being monitored by a number of people – that he was having difficulty controlling engine RPM. A couple of different responses to that challenge were discussed, and he was performing an auto rotational descent to runway one.”

Ayon pa sa kanya, “The helicopter landed short of the runway in low brush, it was substantially damaged and the occupants were fatally injured.”

Lahad naman ng NJ.com, idineklarang wala nang buhay ang pilotong si James Evan Robinson nang oras ding iyon.

Isinugod naman si Gentry sa Virtua Hospital, kung saan siya binawian ng buhay.

Sa isang statement ukol sa aksidente, sinabi ng Flying W na, “The day started with such excitement as the Montgomery Gentry bus rolled through our gates. The nicest people got off the bus and joined us on the ramp for what we hoped would be the best concert we have ever had. Sadly this was not to be.”

“Instead the day turned to tragedy as a helicopter accident took the lives of the pilot and Mr. Gentry. No words can describe the sadness that the Flying W employees feel for the families.”