Latest Helicopter crashes News
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...
Man who died flying a helicopter that crashed on Cairns hotel roof had not flown in Australia before
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A man who died when the helicopter he was flying crashed onto a hotel roof in Australia was an employee of the aviation company that owned the aircraft, but he did not work as a pilot and had not flown in Australia before, the company said Tuesday. ...
'Unauthorized' helicopter flight ends with crash on hotel roof in Australia, killing pilot
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A man died after an unauthorized helicopter flight in Queensland, Australia ended in a crash on a hotel roof early Monday morning, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of people from the building as flames engulfed the aircraft. Authorities in the...
Helicopter crash at a military base in Alabama kills 1 and injures another, county coroner says
FORT NOVOSEL, Ala. (AP) — A helicopter crash at a military base in Alabama on Wednesday afternoon killed one person and injured another, military officials said. An AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed during routine flight training on Fort Novosel Army base, about 94 miles (151...
