{"id":13705,"date":"2016-10-06T21:07:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T01:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/?p=13705"},"modified":"2019-06-01T09:18:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T13:18:52","slug":"several-dead-in-lino-lakes-helicopter-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/several-dead-in-lino-lakes-helicopter-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Several Dead in Lino Lakes Helicopter Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-subhead\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p class=\"Text_Body\">A helicopter of unknown origin crashed Thursday evening in Lino Lakes, MN, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text_Body\">The helicopter crashed in a field near some homes at about 5:30 p.m., prompting several calls to 911, Anoka County sheriff\u2019s Cmdr. Paul Sommer said. He said there are \u201cmultiple fatalities\u201d in an area of \u201csignificant wreckage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text_Body\">\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"Text_Body\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u201cThere is not a lot I can tell you about the crash scene, but there\u2019s a large fireball,\u201d he said. \u201cWe cannot identify much. It\u2019s basically charred-up debris.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"Text_Body\">Because of the condition of the debris, authorities cannot immediately tell how many people are dead, he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"zone-1-block-5-sideways-inline-body\" data-appear-top-offset=\"300\" class=\"sideways-ad ad-mod dfp-ad-container\">Witnesses said they saw the helicopter flying, heard a pop and saw the rotary blade stop turning, and then the helicopter dropped out of the sky.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Smoke billowed in the area following the crash.<\/p>\n<div data-appear-top-offset=\"300\" class=\"sideways-ad ad-mod dfp-ad-container\">\n<p class=\"Text_Body\">Authorities were asking Lino Lakes, MN, residents to call police at 763-427-1212 if they find any metal or unusual objects in their yard since it might be debris from the helicopter. They do not want anyone to pick up or move the objects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text_Body\">This is a developing story.<\/p>\n<p>[divider style=&#8221;4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Want EMS flight job tips and advice sent straight to your inbox? Get\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The Net<\/strong><\/span> newsletter. Sign up here (it&#8217;s free):<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>[shortcode-variables slug=&#8221;optin-form&#8221;]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A helicopter of unknown origin crashed Thursday evening in Lino Lakes, MN, authorities said. The helicopter crashed in a field near some homes at about 5:30 p.m., prompting several calls to 911, Anoka County sheriff\u2019s Cmdr. Paul Sommer said. He said there are \u201cmultiple fatalities\u201d in an area of \u201csignificant wreckage.\u201d \u201cThere is not a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":621,"featured_media":13706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/621"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13705"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=13705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}