4 Family Members Die as Helicopter Hits Slackline in Arizona

Investigators launched an inquiry after four people died when a helicopter struck a recreational slackline in the Arizona mountains. The victims included a 59-year-old pilot and three young women who were all members of the same family. Officials from the FAA and NTSB reached the remote Telegraph Canyon site following reports from an eyewitness who saw the mid-air collision.The aircraft had departed from an airpark in Queen Creek before crashing approximately 60 miles east of Phoenix. Authorities implemented temporary flight restrictions over the area as rescue teams navigated rugged terrain to reach the wreckage.Preliminary evidence indicates the slackline extended over one kilometer across the canyon where the impact occurred.