Helicopter crashes onto frozen reservoir in Idaho, killing 1 person and injuring another

Helicopter crashes onto frozen reservoir in Idaho, killing 1 person and injuring another

One person died and another was injured when their helicopter crashed Thursday onto a frozen reservoir in southeast Idaho, authorities said. Multiple agencies responded to the Ririe Reservoir east of Idaho Falls in the late afternoon, the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. First responders traveled to the site using snowmobiles and found…

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D.C. plane crash investigators say Black Hawk crew may not have heard order to go behind plane

D.C. plane crash investigators say Black Hawk crew may not have heard order to go behind plane

CBS News 24/7 Live The crew of the Black Hawk helicopter that collided in midair with an American Airlines jet over Washington D.C. might not have heard instructions from an air traffic controller to pass behind the plane, investigators said Friday. National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said a recording from the helicopter cockpit…

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Alaska plane recovery efforts hindered by "difficult conditions" as wreckage stuck on moving ice floe

Alaska plane recovery efforts hindered by “difficult conditions” as wreckage stuck on moving ice floe

Recovery efforts for the remaining victims inside an aircraft that went missing near Nome, Alaska, are being dampened by “difficult conditions,” according to investigators. The wreckage of the Bering Air Flight 445 is on an ice floe that’s moving approximately 5 miles a day, National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy said at a news…

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