![]() The Robinson R44 helicopter crashed shortly after noon local time with two people on board, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. “We’re giving the news and we’re all - all - of our WBTV family grieving Chip and Jason because we love them.” “Jamie and I are learning it here as our newsroom is learning it and trying to figure it out while deeply grieving …,” Grantham said during the broadcast. ![]() They included witness reports that Tayag prevented the helicopter from crashing onto Interstate-77 during a busy week of holiday travel. Meteorologist Jason Myers and pilot Chip Tayag were identified as the people killed in the crash in a statement by WBTV - and by coworkers who’d been reporting on the crash live from the station’s studio.įighting back tears, anchors Jamie Boll and Molly Grantham mourned their colleagues while providing updates during a broadcast that carried on uninterrupted for hours. ![]() ![]() (AP) - A helicopter pilot and a meteorologist who worked for a North Carolina television station died Tuesday when a news helicopter crashed along a Charlotte-area interstate, with police praising the pilot for heroically avoiding the roadway in his final moments. ![]()
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