New Jersey Helicopter Crash Kills 2 Pilots, Identified as Friends

• Two pilots, Kenneth Kirsch (65) and Michael Greenberg (71), died after their helicopters collided mid-air in Hammonton, New Jersey.
• The friends, who often had breakfast together, were flying an Enstrom F-28A and an Enstrom 280C near Hammonton Municipal Airport.
• Witnesses reported seeing the helicopters flying close together just before they began spinning rapidly and falling to the ground.
• Kirsch was pronounced dead at a hospital, while Greenberg died at the crash site; one helicopter was engulfed in flames.
• The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating the incident, with 'see and avoid' failure a likely focus.

Why It Matters: Two friends, both pilots, died in a New Jersey mid-air helicopter collision under NTSB investigation.