Two escape helicopter crash at Cahokia airport
A helicopter crashed at the St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia Thursday afternoon but the two occupants were not injured, according to television reports.
The crash occurred about 2:40 p.m. and a flight instructor and student escaped safely, KTVI-Channel 2 reported.
KMOV-Channel 4 said the airport’s main runway remains opens for planes.
A cause of the crash has not been released.
This story was originally published May 23, 2019 at 4:47 PM.
Mike Koziatek
Belleville News-Democrat