Papua separatists kill helicopter pilot from New Zealand, say police | Indonesia
Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua have killed a New Zealand helicopter pilot but four passengers on board were uninjured, police said. Glenn Malcolm Koning, a pilot for Indonesian airline PT Intan Angkasa Air Services, was shot dead, said Faisal Ramadani, a national police official and head of Papua’s Joint Security and Peace […]
Rottweiler mom, puppies saved by helicopter during Calif.’s Park Fire
Some of the heroes have helicopters. Heartwarming photos have shown how heroic search and rescue teams helicoptered a mother Rottweiler and her four puppies to safety after they were forced to leave behind by their desperate owners while fleeing the devastating Park Fire in Northern California. Trevor Skaggs was the lead rescuer who got the […]
U.S. CBP Helicopter Crash Lands in Mexico on ‘Routine Flight’
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Maritime Operations (AMO) helicopter pilot team landed an A-Star aircraft on the Mexican border in South Texas. The pilot and Border Patrol agent then flew back across the Rio Grande River to Texas before undergoing medical examinations. An AMO helicopter made an emergency landing Thursday afternoon near […]
Two Australians and three Indonesians survive helicopter crash in Bali, officials say | Bali
Two Australians and three Indonesians survived a tourist helicopter crashed in Bali after it became tangled in kite strings, authorities said. A Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopter owned by PT White Sky Aviation crashed in Pecatu village, a coastal area in southern Bali, Indonesia’s Ministry of Transport said in a statement. Photos released by […]
Helicopter rescues plane from snowy Argentina mountain after emergency landing
close video Video: Helicopter rescues plane from snowy mountain after emergency landing The plane made an emergency landing in the snowy mountains of Argentina and was rescued by specialized personnel and a helicopter (Photo: IBEX/Reuters) An aircraft made an emergency landing on a snowy mountain in Argentina and was rescued by specialized personnel and a […]
One dead, two missing after tourist helicopter crashes in Hawaii
One person is dead and two are missing after a Hawaiian tourist helicopter crashed into the ocean off the coast of Kauai, authorities said. The U.S. Coast Guard and local authorities searched the Na Pali coast after a Robinson R44 helicopter operated by Alii Kauai Air Tours & Charters went into the water around 1:20 […]
Tourist helicopter crashes off Na Pali Coast on Hawaiian island of Kaua’i; 1 dead, 2 missing
One person is dead and two are missing after a tourist helicopter crashed off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii, on Thursday. The helicopter, belonging to Ali’i Kauai Air Tours and Charters, crashed early Thursday afternoon about a quarter mile offshore along the Na Pali coast, according to the Kauai County government’s Facebook page. According to […]
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash: State media
Former FBI special agent Jonathan Gilliam joined ‘Fox & Friends First’ to discuss his reaction to the Raisi’s death and the political … source
Helicopter crashes near residential property in New Hampshire, police say
A helicopter crashed and caught fire in New Hampshire on Saturday afternoon, but the pilot survived. According to New Hampshire State Police, the helicopter crashed in a wooded area in a residential area of Danbury around 12:45 p.m. Authorities said an initial investigation showed the pilot lost control. Five people killed in South Carolina fire, […]
Florida helicopter pilot charged with harassing protected birds after landing on shorebird nesting site
A Florida helicopter pilot was charged this week by the state’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) for landing on a closed shorebird nesting area. Ernesto Cordero was charged with harassment of nesting birds, a misdemeanor, for allegedly damaging eggs of protected species and scattering hundreds of shore birds after smelling fuel when he landed […]