Helicopter Crashes Into Ocean Near Miami Beach

A helicopter with three people on board crashed into the ocean close to the Miami Beach shoreline in Florida on Saturday afternoon.

Video of the incident shows the aircraft’s downward trajectory close to dozens of beachgoers in the ocean and on the sand.

No one in the water was injured, though the spokesperson added that if the helicopter had crashed only 50 yards closer to the shore, it would have been a “mass casualty event.”