{"id":27413,"date":"2019-05-06T16:13:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T20:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=27413"},"modified":"2019-05-07T10:06:19","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T14:06:19","slug":"department-leads-investigation-of-fatal-helicopter-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2019\/05\/06\/department-leads-investigation-of-fatal-helicopter-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Department Leads Investigation of Fatal Helicopter Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">State, Federal Authorities Recovering Wreckage<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27414\" style=\"width: 361px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/NRP-divers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27414\" class=\" wp-image-27414\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/NRP-divers-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Natural Resources Police divers at work off Kent island. \" width=\"351\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/NRP-divers-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/NRP-divers-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/NRP-divers-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natural Resources Police divers at work off Kent island<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Natural Resources Police and federal authorities continue their investigation into a May 4 fatal helicopter crash in the Chesapeake Bay near Kent Island. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The crash occurred near the area south of Bloody Point near Kent Point Marina, killing two people: pilot Charles Knight, 38 of Mt. Airy, and passenger Matt Clarke, 36 of Pasadena. The wreckage was found in 55 feet of water about 1\/2 mile from shore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Investigators are working with the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration investigators to recover the wreckage. Natural Resources Police and Maryland State Police divers are conducting operations at the crash scene, working from police boats and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources buoy tender A.V. Sandusky. <\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once the wreckage is recovered, the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration will respond and begin their investigation into the cause of the accident. \u00a0Maryland Natural Resources Police will continue to serve as the lead agency.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State, Federal Authorities Recovering Wreckage Maryland Natural Resources Police and federal authorities continue their investigation into a May 4 fatal helicopter crash in the Chesapeake Bay near Kent Island. \u00a0 The crash occurred near the area south of Bloody Point near Kent Point Marina, killing two people: pilot Charles Knight, 38 of Mt. 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