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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Boone

Aircraft company identifies 2nd pilot killed in Yosemite helicopter firefighting crash

Yosemite Fire Helicopter Crash - (National Parks Service)

A contract aircraft company has identified the second pilot killed in the weekend crash of a firefighting helicopter in Yosemite National Park as Ryan Cutter.

Cutter and pilot Greg King both worked for Precision and were conducting water drops on a wildfire inside the park. They were the only people aboard when the AS332 Super Puma helicopter went down near Ostrander Lake shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday.

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