All news on the topic: Helicopter Crashes

Ghana’s government said a helicopter crash on Wednesday killed eight people including the West African nation’s defense and environment ministers.

The U.S. Army helicopter pilots who crashed into a passenger jet over Washington in January would have struggled to see the plane while using night vision goggles

Vladimir Trapeznikov, a well-known amateur aviator in Russia, died during a failed takeoff on Thursday, according to reports.

A federal bill recently proposed by local Congress members seeks to prohibit helicopter tours around New York City, following a tragic crash that claimed the lives of a Spanish family and their pilot less than a month ago

The ill-fated tourist helicopter that went down in the Hudson River last month, resulting in the deaths of six individuals, was heard making "loud bangs" prior to breaking into three separate sections, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board released on Wednesday

The bird unable to fly seemed to have caused the pilot to lose control shortly after departing from Bird Island near the Eastern Cape last January, as discovered in a recent investigation by the South African Civil Aviation Authority

The Big Apple sightseeing company involved in the Hudson River helicopter crash that killed six is shutting down its operations "immediately,” the Federal Aviation Administration announced Sunday night, three days after the deadly disaster.

The doomed helicopter that crashed in the Hudson River killing six Thursday was on its eighth flight of the day and lacked a flight recorder, according to officials.

The heartbroken brother of Hudson River helicopter crash victim Mercè Camprubí Montal somberly visited the site of the tragic accident on Saturday, vowing to "always remember" his lost family members

A piece of equipment roughly the size of a fist, referred to as the "Jesus nut," might be a critical piece of evidence in the tragic helicopter accident that resulted in the deaths of a Spanish family of five and their pilot in Manhattan earlier this week

The helicopter in New York City that crashed into the Hudson River had sustained damage months prior to breaking up midair, resulting in the deaths of all six people aboard, including the pilot and a family of five, as reported by the Federal Aviation Administration

Six people, including an entire family on vacation from Spain, were killed when the sightseeing chopper broke apart in midair and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River Thursday afternoon, authorities said.

New York state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal has called for a ban on sightseeing helicopter tours in New York City after Thursday's tragic crash in the Hudson River that killed 6 people.

New York Helicopter Tour CEO Michael Roth says the pilot of the aircraft had radioed about needing more fuel minutes before the tourist chopper plunged into the murky water on Thursday.

Heart-rending pictures on the New York Helicopter Tours site display the warmly dressed family of five grinning in front of the Bell 206L-4 LongRanger IV helicopter and secured inside the chopper

A helicopter went down in the Hudson River close to Pier 40 in New York City, resulting in at least six fatalities. Keep up with the Post's live coverage for the newest information, images, reactions, and additional details

Numerous first responders hurried to the tragic site after the Bell 206 helicopter, seemingly without its rotors, crashed into the river close to Pier 40 in Manhattan near the New Jersey border near Hoboken at about 3:15 p.m., according to the FDNY

Relatives of a man who died when a sightseeing helicopter crashed and sank in a New York City river have settled a lawsuit for $90 million.

The National Transportation Safety Board discovered over 15,000 "near-miss incidents" between helicopters and jets at Reagan National Airport in the three years preceding the collision involving an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter that resulted in 67 fatalities

Ian Epstein, 53, changed his schedule and ended up on the flight, as stated by his former wife

Authorities have successfully identified 55 of the 67 victims from Wednesday's midair collision between an American Airlines passenger plane and a military helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington, DC

Davis Winkie, a mourning friend of US Army Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach, who was aboard the ill-fated military helicopter that collided with a passenger plane in DC, honored her as "brilliant and fearless" in a heartfelt tribute on Saturday

The aircraft, departing from Wichita, Kansas, with 64 passengers on board, was making its descent toward Reagan National, approaching from the south toward Runway 33

The Robinson R44 aircraft spun out of control on its approach to the helicopter garage at Pearland Regional Airport.

Authorities report that one individual has died and two others are unaccounted for following the crash of a Hawaiian tour helicopter into the ocean near Kauai