Three British people have died and four survivors have been airlifted to a Nevada hospital after a tourist helicopter crash in the Grand Canyon.
Six passengers and a pilot were on board the Papillion Grand Canyon Helicopters chopper when it crashed under unknown circumstances on Saturday on the Hualapai Nation near Quartermaster Canyon, which is near the Grand Canyon's West Rim.
"We are in the recovery and investigation mode now," Hualapai Nation Police Chief Francis Bradley told The Associated Press.
The British Foreign Office confirmed the deaths and said it was supporting the families of six British visitors involved in the accident which took place on Saturday at the national park in Arizona.
Bradley said National Transportation Safety Board officials were expected at the crash scene by Sunday afternoon to begin investigating the cause.
The company's website says it flies roughly 600,000 passengers a year around the Grand Canyon and on other tours.
