Deadly helicopter crash renews safety concerns about air tourism – CBS News Watch CBS News The deadly crash of a sightseeing helicopter in New York City prompted renewed scrutiny of the flights. CBS News New York journalist Ali Bauman has details about the horrifying incident. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking…
Six people were killed when a sightseeing helicopter broke apart and crashed into the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey. Pieces of the aircraft could be seen floating in the river Friday as divers resumed searching for clues as to the cause of Thursday’s crash. Source link
A Siemens executive, his wife and their three children died when a tourist helicopter they were in plunged into the Hudson River in New York. The family of five were on board the helicopter when it is said to have broken apart in mid air at around 3.15pm on Thursday. Their identities were later revealed…
UVALDE, Texas – Two people are dead after a helicopter crashed off U.S. Highway 90, according to the Kinney County Sheriff’s Office. The crash happened around 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the 18000 block of U.S. Highway 90 westbound inside Kinney County. That’s about 18 miles west of Uvalde. The Kinney County Sheriff’s Office told KSAT…
NTSB releases new details on D.C. midair collision – CBS News Watch CBS News The National Transportation Safety Board Friday laid out new details on its investigation into a midair collision between an American Airlines flight and a Black Hawk helicopter last month which killed 67 people. The NTSB said the chopper may not have…
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Recovery crews and divers searched the Potomac River for remains and cleared wreckage Saturday from the midair collision of a passenger jet and Army helicopter that killed 67 people. A Coast Guard cutter outfitted with a crane waited by the wreckage as occasional recovery team members slipped into the water amid…
An American Airlines plane with 60 passengers and four crew members on board collided with a military helicopter near Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night, plunging into the Potomac River. Washington’s Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly said Thursday morning that 28 bodies were recovered from the scene: 27 passengers from the jet and one from…
Top figure skaters from the United States and Russia were on board the American Airlines flight that crashed late Wednesday night into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., after colliding with a military helicopter. U.S. Figure Skating, the organization that serves as the sport’s national governing body, confirmed the plane’s passengers included several of its…
NASA’s Mars helicopter proved so successful, the space agency plans to build a larger, more advanced chopper. After over 70 flights, the Ingenuity helicopter — the first craft to ever make a powered, controlled flight on another planet— crashed in the Martian dunes in January 2024. But its unexpected achievement (engineers hoped it might make…
The Philippines has accused China of harassment after a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy helicopter allegedly buzzed Filipino fishermen at Iroquois Reef, escalating tensions in the contested South China Sea. The reef, also known as Rozul Reef in the Philippines and Houteng Reef in China, lies 125 nautical miles from Palawan, within the Philippines’ internationally…