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Birdstrike Eyed in New Jersey Helicopter Crash

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Key Takeaways:

  • A helicopter crash in West Windsor, NJ, killed pilot Michael Scarfia, a retired NYC police officer.
  • Investigators are probing witness reports of a bird strike as a potential cause for the accident.
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Investigators are trying to determine whether a flock of birds might have caused the crash of a Eurocopter AS355 in central New Jersey that killed a retired New York City police officer.

Michael Scarfia, 65, of Staten Island was identified as the pilot of the twin-engine helicopter that went down in a cornfield shortly after noon on Saturday in West Windsor, New Jersey. The helicopter reportedly had departed Princeton Airport bound for Atlantic City.

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