LAS VEGAS - Helikopita yobwerera ku Las Vegas kuchokera ku Grand Canyon inafika mwadzidzidzi pafupi ndi Nyanja ya Mead itatha kugunda ndi mbalame, akuluakulu a paki adanena.

Woyendetsa ndegeyo, David Supe, 25, wa ku Henderson, Nev., adadulidwa ndi galasi losweka pamene galasi lamoto linasweka, Las Vegas Sun inati. Apaulendo ake asanu ndi mmodzi sanavulale pa ngoziyi Lolemba masana ndipo Maverick Tours adatumiza galimoto kuti iwabwezere ku Las Vegas.

Supe adafika pa helikopita panjira yanjinga ku Lake Mead National Recreation Area, mneneri wa National Park Service adati.

Helikoputala inagundidwa ndi cormorant, mbalame yaikulu yamadzi.

Tom Supe, abambo a woyendetsa ndegeyo, adanena kuti wakhala ndi chilolezo cha woyendetsa ndege kuyambira ali ndi zaka 17 ndipo anayamba kuyendetsa ndege za helikopita zaka ziwiri pambuyo pake. Supe adagwirapo ntchito ngati woyendetsa ndege pazochitika zadzidzidzi ku Texas ndipo adawuluka ma helikopita ku Alaska, abambo ake adawonjezera.