10/20/24–(RadioInk) A helicopter crash near downtown Houston has led to the deaths of four people, including a child, and the collapse of a radio tower broadcasting multiple TelevisaUnivision stations in the area. Stations affected include 102.9 Qué Buena (KLTN) and 104.9 Tú Musica (KAMA).
Four dead as helicopter hits radio tower
October 21, 2024 at QZVX
Lou Robbins says:
Dick points to a Houston Chronicle report–
Report: Tower lights were not working before Houston helicopter crash
Four people onboard the helicopter, including one child, were killed in the crash.
By Allyson Ackerman,
Oct 21, 2024
Brent Taylor/Associated Press
The aviation obstruction lights on top of the radio tower hit by a helicopter in a deadly crash in Houston’s Second Ward on Sunday night were not working, according to a new report.
According to Don Armstrong, a SkyEye reporter for ABC 13 in Houston, the Second Ward tower reported to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that the lighting was out on the tower on Oct. 17.
Armstrong told ABC 13 News that in all his years of flying in helicopters, the radio tower at Engelke and Ennis Streets has “always worried him because the aviation lights at the top of the tower are often out.”
October 21, 2024 at QZVX
Donaldfreedman says:
Should’ve been a NOTAM filed. If not then a great big lawsuit is probably already brewing up as this is being typed.