By The Associated Press
LEESBURG, Florida.
- A firefighting helicopter with four people on board crashed near an airport in central Florida Tuesday, killing at least one person, authorities said.
The helicopter crashed into a swamp near Leesburg International Airport during a training exercise around 4 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in a press release.
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A body was recovered Tuesday night and no survivors were found, Leesburg Fire Rescue said in a post on Facebook.
"The accident appears to be a total loss," they note in the publication.
Hours after the crash, rescue teams were still trying to reach the helicopter wreckage to see if there were any survivors, according to Leesburg Police Lt. Joe Iozzi, quoted by the Orlando Sentinel newspaper.
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The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the incident.
