Overview
- The collision occurred around 11:25 a.m. over Hammonton Municipal Airport in southern New Jersey.
- The aircraft were Enstrom F-28A and Enstrom 280C models, each carrying only its pilot.
- One pilot died at the scene, and the other was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
- Responders found one helicopter fully engulfed in flames while the other crashed without burning, according to local officials.
- The FAA and NTSB are investigating, an eyewitness reported one helicopter tumbling before impact and a second loud noise before the other crashed, and Senator Cory Booker requested an explanation from the NTSB.