Pilot of light aircraft killed in collision with Pennsylvania police helicopter

A light aircraft pilot was killed and two Pennsylvania police officers were injured in a midair collision during a training exercise. The Cessna 150 came up behind a Pennsylvania State Police Bell 407 helicopter hovering a few feet above grass beside the runway at Carlisle Airport—west of Harrisburg—around 6:50pm on Wednesday. Investigators said the aircraft veered sharply right at the last moment and struck the helicopter’s rear tail rotor before entering its main rotor. Pennsylvania State Police commissioner Christopher Paris called the crash very violent and said the pilots would not have been able to even see the approaching Cessna. The helicopter’s blades and tail boom were lost; it rolled over and trapped both officers until they escaped. Both officers were taken to Penn State Health Milton S Hershey Medical Center, with only minor injuries reported.