Two helicopters collided midair near McMinnville Municipal Airport in Oregon Thursday afternoon, killing all three people aboard and crashing in a field. The FAA said the collision occurred around 2:15 p.m. local time; the NTSB described one helicopter as on a maintenance flight and the other as conducting an instructional flight. Authorities closed a nearby highway, and federal investigators are probing the cause.
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