The exact cause of the crash was not immediately clear.
But 20 minutes later, he didnt arrive, he added.
Every employee in our company is devastated.My wife has not stopped crying.
When asked about the helicopters maintenance, Roth toldCNNthat it was his director of maintenance who deals with that.
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Netizens felt Roths narration of the call seemed odd.
Some questioned why lack of fuel would cause the helicopter to split into two.
They ran out of fuel, just 16 minutes into the flight?
Surely theres more to this story, one said.
I hope the families can get the answers they need.
It looks like the company has had its share of issues, another said.
Wouldnt they have filled up while there?
It kept spinning in the air alone, she added.
Nothing was attached to it.
And what struck me, what scared me, is the main rotor system was gone, he said.
And the tail boom was also gone, and its just a vessel at that point with no direction.
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Theres no indication they had any control over the craft.
No pilot could have prevented that accident once they lost the lifts, he told theAssociated Press.
Its like a rock falling to the ground.
The victims were d*ad as soon as whatever happened happened, he added.
As numerous theories came about, former combat helicopter pilot Jesse Matchey speculated mast bumping seems plausible/likely.
In which case, the pilot error could be another potential contributing factor, he added in a tweet.
This can cause the rotor blades to strike the tail boom or even break the helicopter apart mid-air.
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