{"id":166693,"date":"2026-04-15T17:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/166693\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:19:10","slug":"helicopter-to-spray-thick-brown-liquid-over-central-pennsylvania-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/166693\/","title":{"rendered":"Helicopter to spray thick brown liquid over Central Pennsylvania communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(WHTM)\u2013 A helicopter will be flying across the Midstate on Thursday, spraying a liquid for black fly suppression.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=1271503218488618&amp;id=100068868563989&amp;mibextid=wwXIfr&amp;rdid=2kEkjVNtWHDh4miw#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:York County PA Office of Emergency Management;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;York County PA Office of Emergency Management&quot;}\" class=\"link \">York County PA Office of Emergency Management<\/a> announced that a low-flying helicopter will be spraying for black flies across the Midstate this week, per the PA Department of Environmental Protection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"#sailthru-signup-widget\" data-ylk=\"slk:Close;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Close&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Thanks for signing up!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Watch for us in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Subscribe Now<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Office of Emergency Management said the helicopter will be dispersing VectoBac 12AS, a Bti product manufactured by Valent Biosciences. The product is a bacterial larvicide used in Pennsylvania\u2019s waterways to suppress flies, not a chemical.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The product is a \u201cthick liquid that is brown in color when dispensed from the helicopter,\u201d per the Office of Emergency Management.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The DEP said that the operation will begin at 7 a.m. on Thursday in Adams County. The helicopter is set to fly upriver and finish in Huntingdon County, spraying in Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Lebanon, and York counties along the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The helicopter is a Bell OH58 A+ with the tail number N655HA and is white with red, blue, and grey striping, per the DEP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The helicopter will fly low near the tree top level and release the liquid at predetermined positions in each stream, the Office of Emergency Management said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 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