An NYC helicopter that crashed and killed 6 last year shows signs of bird strike, NTSB says

A bird expert from the Smithsonian Institute identified remains from several different types of geese on the wreckage of the New York City sightseeing helicopter that crashed and killed six people last year. Some of those birds average about three pounds.

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