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Lone helicopter crash survivor recounts ordeal

Vancouver : Canada | about 1 month ago

S, N.L.–The lone survivor of a helicopter crash that killed 17 people off Newfoundland's east coast says the chopper started making "erratic motions" moments before the plunge. Robert Decker told an inquiry today that the chopper instantly filled with water after it crashed into the ocean.

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