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Order Number	00094013
Title	Scary chopper crash on LAX rooftop
Photographer	Mendoza, Javier.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE_b001_f4_i22
Date	1986
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm.
Description	Photograph caption dated May 21, 1986 reads, "A Bell 206 helicopter lies on its side after an aborted takeoff from a helipad on the roof of a five-story parking facility at Los Angeles International Airport. Hundreds of passengers waiting in the Bradley International Terminal were startled by a loud boom, 'We thought it might have been a bomb,' said one witness, that resounded when a piece of the rotor struck the skylight above them. They scattered as the floor was showered by glass. Helicopter Services pilot John gamble said he had just discharged two passengers and was heading back to Burbank, but rose no higher off the pad than four or five feet when the rotor quit working. Investigators closed the main entrance to the terminal for a while."
Subject	Los Angeles International Airport. Helicopters--Accidents--California--Los Angeles. Helicopters--California--Los Angeles. Debris--California--Los Angeles. Airport terminals--California--Los Angeles. Airports--California--Los Angeles. Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection