An Off-Duty TSA Agent Catches a Police Helicopter Crash on Film
FlyerTalk May 06, 2020
Ever wonder what TSA agents get up to when they’re off duty? One off-duty TSA agent in Houston, TX recently made headlines when they captured the devastating moment that a helicopter from the Houston Police Department crashed to the ground, killing one officer and leaving the other in critical condition.
Jauan Kenney, whose apartment was across the street from the crash site, filmed the crash early last Saturday morning and put it on the social media site TikTok.
“Wait, wait, wait, stop! No, no, no, no!”Kenney can be heard screaming in the video. “Oh my God, that helicopter just fell out of the sky.” In an interview with KPRC 2, Kenney recalled the moment as “scary. I have never seen anything like this happen before.”
This week, Kenney is speaking with investigators from the Houston Police Department about the video, which they consider an invaluable clue in their investigation into what caused the crash. The National Transportation Safety Board, the Federal Aviation Agency and the Houston Police Department are conducting a joint investigation into the crash
The officers in the helicopter were looking for bodies reportedly found in a nearby bayou. The investigation into exactly why the crash happened could take weeks or months according to the officials involved.
[Image: Public Domain Pictures]
Ah - my comment is "awaiting moderation". I'm reassured to note that my First Amendment rights require no moderation...
An aviator is dead - yet flyertalk begins with a chirpy: "Ever wonder what TSA agents get up to when they’re off duty?" Indeed, a once commendable website is now in free-fall descent. Damn shame.
The video was invaluable for the investigation into the crash. Calling the police a minute earlier wouldn’t help much.
@ND Sol: the making of a video showing the crash of a police helicopter is being used by the FAA as well as police investigators to determine a cause for the crash so that future tragedy can hopefully be avoided. The fact that you knew the deceased officer, whether he was an only child or one with many siblings, or whether the image used matched the helicopter that crashed or not has little bearing on the value of the video in question. And any effort to record it, albeit in hindsight, and avail it to investigators should be lauded and appreciated.
@arcticflier. The way you phrased your comment implies you think Kenney (the person doing the recording) knew the helicopter was going to crash and knew that an officer will die as a result. Personally, I doubt he knew that.