NATO says a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan has killed nine coalition service members. The crash Tuesday injured four other people, including two coalition service members, an Afghan soldier and a U.S. civilian.
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Faster helicopters: More rotors, more speed
September 9th, 2010 |
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A new type of helicopter breaks speed records
THE ability of a helicopter to hover and land almost anywhere makes it an enormously useful machine. But helicopters have their limitations, particularly when it comes to flying fast. In a recent series of test flights, a new type of chopper has begun smashing speed records.
The X2 is an experimental helicopter being developed by Sikorsky, an American company, at a test-flight centre in Florida. It recently flew at more than 430kph (267mph), according to a report in Spectrum, published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The present record is held by a souped-up Westland Lynx helicopter, which managed 400kph in 1986. But most helicopters can’t fly at anything like these speeds and are typically flat out at 270kph. …
June 16, 1922: Ich Bin ein Berliner Helicopter
June 16th, 2010 |
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By Robert Lemos
1922: Officials of the U.S. Navy’s Bureau of Aeronautics watch Henry Berliner make the first controlled horizontal helicopter flight in the United States. Hovering takes a big step up … and forward.
Henry’s father, Emile Berliner, had made the first U.S. manned helicopter flight in 1908. Papa Berliner was nothing if not inventive. He [...]
Private helicopter goes down in Belgrade
May 2nd, 2010 |
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According to B92’s sources a private helicopter has gone down in Belgrade. The pilot was the only person in the aircraft and the cause of the crash is still not known.
Four die in chopper crash in Haiti
April 17th, 2010 |
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Four crew members of a Spanish navy helicopter were killed when their aircraft crashed in a mountainous area of Haiti near the border with the Dominican Republic, authorities said.
Spain’s defense ministry said in a statement that the helicopter belonged to the navy vessel Castilla, which has been in Haiti since February on a humanitarian mission [...]
Avalanche hits landed helicopter in Russia, seven killed
April 10th, 2010 |
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An avalanche smothered a landed helicopter on Russia’s mountainous Kamtchatka peninsula, killing two of the crew and five German snowboard enthusiasts. A party of 14 Germans had paid to be taken up to the mountain slope in an Mi-8 helicopter. There are almost no roads in the wilderness areas of the peninsula on the Pacific coast. Among the survivors, one crewman and a German sportsman were in hospital in critical condition.
Helicopter crash kills US soldiers in Afghanistan
April 9th, 2010 |
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A military helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing at least three US service members and one civilian employee, a statement from NATO-led forces said Friday.
The cause of the crash of the Air Force CV-22 Osprey was not known, said the International Security Assistance Force statement, although a report quoted a Taliban spokesman as saying the [...]
Helicopter crashes near Zrenjanin
March 27th, 2010 |
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A helicopter went down near Zrenjanin. The pilot suffered serious injures and was taken to the Military Medical Academy (VMA). The helicopter owned by the Novi Sad-based company Ciklonizacija fell at about 10:20 CET.
President Patil’s helicopter hits a hangar, probe ordered
December 10th, 2009 |
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Bhubaneshwar: While aboard an Indian Air Force helicopter, President Patil had a miraculous escape on Wednesday when the helicopter hit a hangar wall at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar while landing.
The blades of the chopper were damaged in the incident. She, however, suffered no injuries.
“We have ordered a probe into the incident,†Bhubaneswar [...]
Helicopter gunships kill 10 suspected militants in Pakistan
November 11th, 2009 |
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Officials say helicopter gunships shelled militant hideouts in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region, killing 10 suspected fighters, following an attack on a security checkpoint in the area that killed two paramilitary soldiers. An intelligence official says gunmen also injured three
14 U.S. soldiers die in helicopter crashes
October 26th, 2009 |
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14 American soldiers died in Afghanistan today in two helicopter accidents, news agencies are reporting. A statement from the U.S. military says that seven soldiers and two civilians lost their lives when their helicopter crashed in the west of the country.
12 killed in Rio clashes with police, drug gangs
October 19th, 2009 |
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At least 12 people were killed and a helicopter was downed in fierce clashes between drug gangs and police in Rio de Janeiro, weeks after the city won its bid to host the 2016 Olympics.
Two policemen were killed and two others were wounded early on Saturday when their helicopter was shot down by drug [...]
Rio drug war erupts; police helicopter shot down
October 18th, 2009 |
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Residents of some of Rio de Janeiro’s worst slums are fleeing their homes, hoping to escape a drug war that has left part of the city in ruins. Smoke rose from the smoldering wreckage of a police helicopter Saturday, while at least eight buses burned and gunfire filled the air in the slum of Morro dos Macacos.
Seven bodies, helicopter recovered in Hudson River
August 10th, 2009 |
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Divers have pulled a helicopter and four more bodies out of the murky Hudson River in their search for victims, wreckage and explanations from a midair collision of a sightseeing helicopter and a small plane that killed nine people. The dead from Saturday’s crash include three fathers and their
New York air crash search resumes
August 9th, 2009 |
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Rescuers have resumed their search for debris and bodies from a helicopter and a small plane that collided and crashed into the Hudson River, near New York.
Nine people are presumed to have died in Saturday’s accident. Three bodies have been recovered.
The collision occurred between Hoboken, in New Jersey, and Manhattan, just across the river, on Saturday.
A pilot and five Italian tourists were on the helicopter. Three people, including a child, were on the plane.
On Sunday, New York Police Department boats circled buoys marking the location of the wreckage of the helicopter, by Hoboken.
The plane has not yet been found, officials said.
They said poor visibility and river currents were hampering the search.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Saturday the emergency operation had changed from a rescue to a recovery mission and that the incident was "not going to have a happy ending".
He said it appeared the plane had flown into the rear of the helicopter, but stressed that a full investigation had to be carried out.
‘Huge crash’
Debbie Hersman, head of the National Transportation Safety Board, said that a helicopter pilot on the ground had seen the plane approaching the helicopter.
"He radioed the accident helicopter and told him: ‘One-lima-hotel. You have a fixed-wing behind you.’ There was no response from the pilot," she said.
The pilot on the ground then saw the plane’s right wing strike the helicopter and both aircraft "descended into the Hudson River", she added.
Television footage showed rescue craft heading to the site – about level with Manhattan’s West 14th Street – from both sides of the Hudson River after the incident happened.
"We saw the helicopter propellers fly all over"
Katie Tanski
Witness
"We heard first a huge crash, a boom almost," said Melissa Green, who was having lunch on the New York bank of the river at the time.
"We turned around and saw these two mushroom splashes," she told the Associated Press news agency.
Other witnesses described seeing debris – including the plane’s wing – falling into the water.
"We saw the helicopter propellers fly all over," said Hoboken resident Katie Tanski.
‘Clear’ weather
The helicopter was operated by Liberty Helicopters, a sightseeing company that flies tourists around sites such as the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
The light plane took off from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey and was heading to Ocean City in the same state, an aviation official said.
The weather at the time of the collision, noon local time (1600 GMT) on Saturday, was said to be clear and mild.
In January, a passenger plane with 155 people aboard ditched into the Hudson River without loss of life, after apparently hitting a flock of geese.
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Belgian jailbreak convicts caught
August 9th, 2009 |
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The last of three men who escaped from a Belgian jail on board a hijacked helicopter has been recaptured in Morocco, its official news agency says.
Ashraf Sekkaki, 25, was arrested in the al-Hoceima area, the MAP agency said, three days after fellow escapee Mohamed Johri was caught, also in Morocco.
The third convict was captured on 3 August in Belgium’s capital, Brussels.
The three men, who all hold Moroccan nationality, had escaped from a jail near the city of Bruges on 23 July.
They made their break in a helicopter that had been hijacked by their accomplices. It was later found abandoned by a main road.
Sekkaki, a bank robber described by Interpol as one of Belgium’s most dangerous criminals, had previously escaped from another jail in 2003 and spent five months on the run.
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Plane-chopper collision over New York kills nine
August 9th, 2009 |
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Nine people, including five Italian tourists, were killed on Saturday when a small plane clipped a helicopter over New York and both aircraft plunged into the Hudson River. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said there were five Italian tourists and a pilot aboard the helicopter and three people
Helicopter Crashes Onto Highway In Maryland, Killing 4 (VIDEO)
July 25th, 2009 |
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(Associated Press) HAGERSTOWN, Md. – One of four people killed when a helicopter crashed on a Maryland highway told his son he was delaying his flight home because of foul weather.
The four — three flight company employees and a friend who h…