西雅图一架直升机坠毁 2人死亡
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px][b]Two people aboard a news helicopter were killed when it crashed in central Seattle at the foot of the landmark Space Needle, fire officials have said.[/b][/size][/font][font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px][b]一架新闻直升机在西亚图中部地标建筑太空针塔脚下坠毁，机上两人遇难。[/b][/size][/font]
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[color=#0000FF]Broadcaster KOMO said the helicopter was trying to take off from its roof when it crashed[/color]
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[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]The helicopter belonging to broadcaster KOMO went down at about 07:52 local time.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]A man managed to free himself from a car destroyed in the [url=http://www.enread.com/news/life/95991.html]accident[/url], after suffering burns over 50% of his body, a fire department spokesman said.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]KOMO said the helicopter was trying to take off when it crashed.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]The broadcaster identified the deceased as photographer Bill Strothman and Gary Pfitzner, both contract workers.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]"We mourn the loss of a couple of our co-workers today," KOMO presenter Dan Lewis said on the air. "It's so difficult for us to look at this scene, of the wreckage down there."[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]The injured man remains in hospital in critical condition.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]"At times like this we are reminded that the media, like many of us, are also public servants," Seattle Mayor Ed Murray said at a Tuesday news conference.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]"On behalf of Seattle I want to express my deepest consolations to families of both the [url=http://www.enread.com/news/life/95991.html]victims[/url] and all their colleagues at KOMO."[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]Three vehicles on the street caught fire as the helicopter crashed right outside KOMO's studios. [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]A witness told KOMO the engine of the helicopter "sounded extra heavy" as it started up, and he heard an explosion seconds later.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]Firefighters arrived to find a huge plume of thick black smoke, said fire department spokesman Kyle Moore.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]Aviation fuel leaked from the wreckage and caught fire, helping firefighters' efforts to keep it from contaminating the city's sewer system.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]Mr Moore said investigators had no indication the [url=http://www.enread.com/news/life/95991.html]helicopter[/url] struck a building.[/size][/font]
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