Latest Helicopter crashes News

Turkish military helicopters collide in midair, killing 6 military personnel

Dec. 09, 2024 06:59 AM EST

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two Turkish military helicopters collided in midair on Monday, causing one of them to crash and killing six military personnel on board, officials said. The second helicopter landed safely. Five of the victims died at the site of the accident while a sixth...

Helicopter pilot was talking with air traffic controller at the time of fatal Houston crash

Nov. 01, 2024 11:15 AM EDT

HOUSTON (AP) — A helicopter pilot was speaking with an air traffic controller in Houston when the aircraft crashed into a radio tower, killing all four people on board, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board. Pilot Samantha Grandbouche had...

Helicopter carrying medical workers crashes in central Russia, killing all 4 people on board

Oct. 26, 2024 14:58 PM EDT

MOSCOW (AP) — A Mi-2 helicopter crashed in Russia's central Kirov region on Saturday, killing all four people on board, emergency officials reported. The helicopter, operated by one pilot and carrying a doctor and two paramedics, crashed in a forest near the village of Beleenki,...

Helicopter crashes into radio tower in Houston, killing 4

Oct. 21, 2024 22:01 PM EDT

HOUSTON (AP) — Four people aboard a helicopter were killed when it crashed into a radio tower in Houston and burst into flames, officials said. The helicopter went down just before 8 p.m. Sunday in a neighborhood east of downtown after taking off from Ellington Field, about 15...

Pilot of helicopter that crashed on Australian hotel roof was affected by alcohol, probe finds

Oct. 10, 2024 00:37 AM EDT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A pilot killed when a helicopter crashed on the roof of an Australian hotel two months ago was affected by alcohol and was not qualified to fly at night, an investigation concluded. Two hotel guests were briefly hospitalized for smoke inhalation and 400...

3 killed when a medical helicopter headed to pick up a patient crashes in Kentucky

Oct. 08, 2024 17:32 PM EDT

OWENTON, Ky. (AP) — Three crew members were killed when a medical helicopter heading to pick up a patient hit a wire and crashed in Kentucky, authorities said. The crash was reported Monday evening in Owenton near state Highway 22, Kentucky State Police said in a news release....

A helicopter crash due to engine failure kills 6 in northwest Pakistan

Sep. 28, 2024 06:56 AM EDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A helicopter crash due to engine failure has killed six people and injured eight others in Pakistan’s northwest, a local police officer said Saturday. The chartered flight was transporting employees of Mari Petroleum when it crashed in North Waziristan,...

A snowmobiler who crashed into a parked Black Hawk helicopter is awarded $3 million

Sep. 24, 2024 11:26 AM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — The federal government was mostly responsible for a nighttime collision involving a snowmobiler who nearly died after hitting a Black Hawk helicopter that was parked on a Massachusetts trail, a judge ruled in awarding him $3.3 million in damages. U.S. District Judge...

Jury awards $116M to the family of a passenger killed in a New York no-door helicopter crash

Sep. 20, 2024 21:14 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has awarded $116 million to the family of one of five people killed in a no-door helicopter that crashed and sank in a New York City river, leaving passengers trapped in their safety harnesses. The verdict came Thursday in the lawsuit over the death of...