A pilot said he abandoned his effort to rescue victims of Hurricane Helene after he was threatened with arrest.
“He went over his flight plan with a Queen City News reporter from his hangar in South Carolina. There were no restrictions in the air space around Lake Lure, one of the worst hit locations. He checked,” Firehouse stated.
“Ok guys I was instructed to suspend operations and let anyone else know that was coming they would be arrested if they were operating aircraft in the area. At the time of this post I was the only helicopter within 40 miles working. **no current active TFR. I am unsure of the guys name but he had on a lake lure fire department shirt. I’m not going to go
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