Sheriff’s Office Helicopter Crashes Near South Carolina Airport, Pilot Survives

Sheriff’s Office Helicopter Crashes Near South Carolina Airport, Pilot Survives
Charleston International Airport in North Charleston, S.C., in June 2017. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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CHARLESTON, S.C.—Flights at Charleston International Airport were suspended for around two hours on Tuesday after a South Carolina sheriff’s department helicopter crashed, leaving the pilot with non-life threatening injuries, officials said.

Citing an “ongoing incident,” the airport announced it was halting flights just after 3:45 p.m. via a post on social media. The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office posted that a helicopter had crashed and that crews were on the scene.