WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- A helicopter crashed in New Orleans Sunday and the two crew members were safe, Louisiana Office of Homeland Security spokesman Mark Smith said.

    The helicopter came down at 6:55 p.m. (2355 GMT) in the Danziger section of the city and two civilians on the helicopter "both sustained cuts, scrapes, but no major injuries," Smith said.

    He also said the aircraft had "nothing to do with evacuation, it had nothing to do with the Coast Guard."

    There was no immediate information on what had caused the crash. The US military and Coast Guard have conducted hundreds of helicopter flights in the New Orleans area in recent days searching for Hurricane Katrina survivors and have rescued thousands of storm victims.

    Early media reports said the crashed aircraft was a Coast Guard helicopter. Enditem