Latest Helicopter crashes News
Helicopter crashes into radio tower in Houston, killing 4
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Russian officials recover the bodies of all 22 people killed in a helicopter crash in the Far East
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian emergency officials said Monday they had recovered the bodies of all 22 people from a helicopter that crashed in Russia's Far East leaving no survivors. The crash occurred in Kamchatka — a pristine peninsula with numerous volcanoes, known for its rugged...
The wreckage of a helicopter missing in Russia's far east is located and 17 bodies found
Rescuers have located a helicopter that went missing in Russia’s far east with 22 people on board, officials said Sunday. Russia’s emergencies ministry said the bodies of 17 people have been found and that rescuers were continuing to search for the remaining occupants. The...
Inadequate inspections and lack of oversight cited in West Virginia fatal helicopter crash
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Inadequate inspections by an operator and a lack of oversight by the Federal Aviation Administration were partly to blame for the crash of a Vietnam-era tourist helicopter that killed six people in West Virginia two years ago, according to a final report released Tuesday....
US Navy helicopter crew members injured in Nevada training mishap released from hospital
FALLON, Nev. (AP) — Ten U.S. Navy crew members injured Thursday during a routine helicopter training in the northern Nevada desert were released from a Reno hospital Friday. The Navy is investigating the cause of the “mishap” involving two MH-60S Seahawk helicopters training at...
