located about 20 miles west of the crash site, around 9 a.m. The helicopter, a Eurocopter AS350 B3, belonged to Granite Coast Mapping, a company registered in Coronado. Little additional information ...

CBP Air Interdiction Agent Jeffrey Kanas was flying a Eurocopter AS350 that went down for unknown ... was on a border-security mission at the time of the crash and died at the scene, CBP ...

Authorities said the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash. The NTSB will also lead the investigation and provide updates on the incident. According to records ...

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection pilot was killed Monday morning when a helicopter crashed in a field in the East County community of Potrero, north of state Route 94, officials said.