Reports Of Helicopter Crash Unsubstantiated
Published: August 3rd, 2011
By: Melissa Stagnaro

NORWICH – Chenango County’s dispatchers received calls about a possible helicopter crash in the Town of Norwich Tuesday evening, but when crews arrived, the aircraft took off with no apparent problems.

The initial 911 call came at 6:42 p.m. and was placed by a property owner in the vicinity of Manley Road, reported Chief Dispatcher A. Wesley Jones. According to the caller, a helicopter had been seen hovering and appeared in distress.

“When they actually called, it was on the ground,” Jones said, on private property approximately 200 yards off Manley Road, between a pond and a wooded area.

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