Skip to content
Link copied to clipboard

Emergency landing for CBS3 chopper

A warning light forced a CBS3 chopper to land at Mayfair Elementary School.

An unspecified warning light forced the pilot of CBS3's backup helicopter to land shortly after 11:30 a.m. today in the field behind Mayfair Elementary School in Northeast Philadelphia, a station rep says. (The schoolyard was empty, she said.)

The same chopper, with a pilot and shooter aboard, was forced down several weeks ago in North Philadelphia after a similar warning.

CBS3's leasing company has been running the backup chopper because HD equipment is being installed on the main chopper.