1986 Grand Canyon mid-air collision · Grand Canyon National Park
On June 18, 1986, 1986 Grand Canyon mid-air collision (Grand Canyon National Park). 25 people died.
- Date
- June 18, 1986
- Place
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Operator
- Grand Canyon Airlines
- Killed
- 25
- Position
- 36.137°N, 112.246°W
- Wikidata ID
- Q2753195
From Wikipedia
The Grand Canyon mid-air collision occurred when Grand Canyon Airlines Flight 6, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, collided with a Bell 206 helicopter, Helitech Flight 2, over Grand Canyon National Park on June 18, 1986. All 25 passengers and crew on board the two aircraft were killed. It remained the deadliest accident involving a helicopter on United States soil for nearly 40 years, surpassing the crash of Los Angeles Airways Flight 841 in 1968, until being surpassed itself by the Potomac River mid-air collision in 2025.
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