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Oregon helicopter crash witness recalls horrifying moment chopper ‘dropped straight down’ killing pilot, instructor, student

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Worrell, G. (2026, October 30). Oregon helicopter crash witness recalls horrifying moment chopper ‘dropped straight down’ killing pilot, instructor, student. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/30/us-news/oregon-helicopter-crash-witness-recalls-horrifying-moment-chopper-dropped-straight-down-killing-pilot-instructor-and-student/

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Leo Rodriguez witnessed a deadly helicopter crash near McMinnville Municipal Airport in Oregon on Thursday afternoon. He described hearing helicopters and then seeing one collide with another, causing one to drop straight down, leaving no survivors. The collision involved an Airbus H125 piloted by Tyler Sturdevant, 38, who survived but was unable to prevent the crash of a Robinson R22 carrying Maddie Aasbo, a Texas flight instructor aged 22, and a UK-based student pilot, whose identity has not been released.

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On October 29, 2026, at approximately 2:15 p.m. local time, two helicopters — an Airbus H125 and a Robinson R22 — collided mid-air near McMinnville Municipal Airport southwest of Portland, Oregon. The crash killed all three people aboard both aircraft, including flight instructor Maddie Aasbo and British aviation student Christopher James Joughin, 31, from Zimbabwe. Witnesses reported hearing the helicopters before one "dropped straight down" into a field, causing emergency responders to close a nearby highway as they rushed to the scene. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the collision.

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A man who witnessed a deadly Oregon helicopter crash recalled the gut-wrenching moment that the choppers collided and one “dropped straight down” — leaving no survivors. asserted

one → witness → survivors

“I heard the helicopter noise, I bent over to do something and then boom I looked up and everything was going down,” said Leo Rodriguez, who was working on the roof of his barn when the fiery collision unfolded near McMinnville Municipal Airport Thursday afternoon, according toKPTV News. asserted

collision → hear → News

“There was a larger one intact still, the tail end of it was struck and then it turned and it propelled down and the other one dropped straight down,” Rodriguez told the outlet. asserted

Rodriguez → be → outlet

Texas flight instructor Maddie Aasbo, 22, and a 31-year-old student pilot from the UK, who has yet to be identified publicly, were killed when the Robinson R22 helicopter they were aboard crashed mid-air with an Airbus H125 carrying Oregon pilot Tyler Sturdevant, 38, according to officials. uncertain

they → have → officials

Oregon helicopter crash witness recalls horrifying moment chopper ‘dropped straight down’ killing pilot, instructor, student

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