Officials say a sightseeing helicopter crashed near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in eastern US Tennessee State, killing all five people aboard, AP Reported. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said in an email that the Bell 206 helicopter crashed Monday around 3:30 p.m. near Sevierville. Officials said the tourist helicopter was destroyed by fire after the crash. Pigeon Forge Police Chief Jack Baldwin says the helicopter appeared to have come down the side of a mountain and crashed at the foot of it.
