NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The family of Joshua Hawley, who tragically died when his Helicopter crash at Bonnet Carré spillwayDevastated by his loss, his brother David tells Fox8.
A fellow pilot, David, says that his brother was an excellent pilot who always put safety first.
Holly, a flight instructor, was flying to New Orleans in foggy conditions when her helicopter collided with a power line and crashed into the road below.
“He talked about safety all the time. I mean Josh read a lot of NTSB reports, like those written about him…. Where you read about very capable pilots making capable planes in bad shape Flying while in the ground, or over an obstacle,” says David. “It’s hard to understand but in aviation, you know about those risks, you know what the human body does, you know the risks. Understand those risks and try to mitigate those risks. Josh did it. He knew that. So it’s really hard to classify it. Everyone I talk to, many pilots, we just don’t make sense of it.”
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Hawley leaves behind a wife and three sons aged three, four and seven.
David Launched a GoFundMe to help with funeral and living expenses for Holly’s wife and children, more than $60,000 has been donated.
Especially the FOX 8 . Featured in photos shared with rotor blades detached from aircraft cabin, retrieved from a vehicle near the accident site.
According to his social media accounts, after working in planes for 14 years, Holly became a pilot in 2014. He eventually started his own flight school, Airspeed Flight Services, in Baton Rouge in 2016. Hawley also worked as a paramedic for emergency medical services. (EMS) in Baton Rouge for only four years.
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