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Helicopter Dismantled After Yorktown Crash [Photos, Video]

Officials were taking the helicopter apart before it was supposed to be removed from the site.

The vintage Sikorsky S-55B helicopter that crashed at a private residence's farm field in Yorktown on Friday is being dismantled Saturday afternoon. As of 3:30 p.m. officials were still taking it apart before it was supposed to be removed from the site.

The two male helicopter occupants walked off with no injuries after the helicopter made a hard landing at the field and flipped over on its side at around 6 p.m. Friday.

To read more about the Federal Aviation Administration's investigation, which could take up to a year to determine the cause of the crash, click here.

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To read our original report of the helicopter crash, click here.

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