Latest Helicopter crashes News

2 National Guard soldiers, 1 Border Patrol agent killed in Texas helicopter crash are identified

Mar. 10, 2024 16:25 PM EDT

LA GRULLA, Texas (AP) — A National Guard soldier from New York who was seriously injured in the crash of a helicopter flying over the U.S.-Mexico border remained hospitalized Sunday while authorities released the names of the two National Guard soldiers and a Border Patrol agent onboard who were...

Helicopter carrying National Guardsmen and Border Patrol agent crashes in Texas, killing 3

Mar. 09, 2024 11:45 AM EST

LA GRULLA, Texas (AP) — A helicopter flying over the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas crashed Friday, killing two National Guard soldiers and a Border Patrol agent, the military said. Another soldier on board was injured. The UH-72 Lakota helicopter was assigned to the federal...

Texas official says helicopter carrying National Guard members and Border Patrol agent crashes, killing 3 on board

Mar. 08, 2024 21:07 PM EST
LA GRULLA, Texas (AP) — Texas official says helicopter carrying National Guard members and Border Patrol agent crashes, killing 3 on board.

A man who crashed a snowmobile into a parked Black Hawk helicopter is suing the government for $9.5M

Mar. 06, 2024 12:39 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) — Jeff Smith was whizzing along on a snowmobile one evening a few years back when something dark appeared in front of him. He hit his brakes but he couldn't avoid clipping the rear tail of a Black Hawk helicopter parked on the trail. The March 2019 crash almost cost...

1 person injured when Hawaii tour helicopter crashes on remote Kauai beach

Feb. 27, 2024 23:08 PM EST

LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — One person was injured when a tour helicopter crashed on a remote beach on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, the county fire department said Tuesday. An aircraft operated by Jack Harter Helicopters crashed at Honopu Beach on the Napali Coast, a rugged stretch of...

Officials honor Mississippi National Guardsmen killed in helicopter crash

Feb. 26, 2024 12:46 PM EST

BOONEVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Officials held a procession Monday for two Mississippi National Guardsmen who died Friday in a helicopter crash. The ceremony began at a hospital in Booneville, Mississippi, near where the helicopter plummeted into a wooded area during a training flight. It...

US investigators provide data on the helicopter crash that killed 6, including a Nigerian bank CEO

Feb. 24, 2024 13:17 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A helicopter that was carrying the CEO of one of Nigeria’s largest banks and five others left a shallow crater and a trail of debris when it crashed in Southern California’s Mojave Desert earlier this month, according to investigators with the National Transportation Safety...

An Army helicopter crash in Alabama left 2 pilots with minor injuries

Feb. 23, 2024 18:35 PM EST

TROY, Ala. (AP) — Two Army pilots on a training exercise escaped with minor injuries when the helicopter they were in crashed Friday in Alabama, military authorities said. Fort Novosel in Dale County confirmed in a news release that the two-person crew was conducting flight...

2 National Guard members die in northeast Mississippi helicopter crash

Feb. 23, 2024 18:13 PM EST

BALDWYN, Miss. (AP) — Two National Guard members died after a helicopter crashed Friday afternoon during a training flight in northeast Mississippi, officials said. The aircraft went down in a wooded area near Baldwyn, Prentiss County Sheriff Randy Tolar told WTVA-TV. The site is...

Body of New Hampshire Marine killed in helicopter crash comes home

Feb. 20, 2024 16:16 PM EST

DOVER, N.H. (AP) — The body of one of five Marines killed when their helicopter went down in the mountains outside San Diego during a storm was brought back to his home state of New Hampshire on Tuesday and a procession was held in his honor. Jack Casey, 26, of Dover, was a pilot...