Investigators are warning pilots about the dangers of having electronic devices inside the cockpit.
BOISE, IdahoThe National Safety Transportation Board said an iPad may have caused a helicopter to crash last year, killing a pilot and his co-pilot in Idaho.
It's believed the iPad somehow fell in the cockpit and may have gotten jammed underneath the pilot's pedal. The damaged iPad had distinct markings that suggested it was situated near the pedals when the chopper crashed. Investigators tested their theory using the damaged iPad and a similar helicopter.
"What the investigative team found, at the end of the day, was most likely that the iPad that was in the cockpit, fell in between the controls, the control pedals, the yaw control pedals, and ultimately played a part in the accident," Clint Johnson, chief of the NTSB’s Alaska Regional office told
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