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Three people were killed and four others were injured after a helicopter with seven aboard crashed in the Grand Canyon Saturday, authorities said.
The aircraft suffered “substantial damage”, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Authority said.
It was in the Grand Canyon West area when it came down at around 17:20 local time (00:20 GMT) on Saturday.
Local media said the helicopter was an Airbus Eurocopter EC130.