AP - CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) - A helicopter has crashed and caught fire at a San Diego County airport, killing two people on board. Fire officials say the aircraft went down shortly before 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad. Authorities say there was a fire and both people on board were killed. Nobody on the ground was hurt and the fire was quickly doused. Video showed the helicopter spinning wildly in a circle on the ground before losing its tail section and tipping over in a cloud of flame and smoke. Witness Marco Hernandez tells the San Diego Union-Tribune (http://bit.ly/1lvBh5M ) that he saw the chopper tilting on the ground and the blades hit the pavement, striking sparks. The airport remains closed.
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