On Saturday, 19 January, a pilot and three passengers were aboard a Robinson R44 Raven II helicopter on their way to transport a specialist to conduct an aerial survey of Bird Island. The twist ...

The SACAA's incident report said it occurred shortly after the helicopter lifted off from Bird Island in the Eastern Cape province on Saturday afternoon, January 19. The pilot, who was conducting ...

A bird strike could have been responsible for the tragic deaths of a family of five and pilot in a horror helicopter crash in the Hudson River. Spanish tourists Agustin Escobar, CEO of Siemens ...

A bird strike may have been responsible for the tragic deaths of a family of five and pilot in a horror helicopter crash in a major river. Spanish tourists Agustin Escobar, the CEO of Siemens ...

Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday that they are investigating the possibility of a bird strike in the helicopter crash Thursday that killed six people.

Grieving kin of the family killed in the Hudson River helicopter crash say they are taking solace in the fact that their loved ones “passed away together’’ in the “sweetest moment of their ...

A bird strike could have been responsible for the tragic deaths of a family of five and pilot in a horror helicopter crash in the Hudson River. Spanish tourists Agustin Escobar, CEO of Siemens Spain, ...

JOHANNESBURG: A box carrying an ailing penguin caused a helicopter crash off South Africa, aviation authorities said, prompting jokes on social media on Friday (Apr 11) about penguin-led revenge ...

The helicopter safely landed on Bird Island. Before departing, one of the passengers, who the incident report referred to as a "specialist," asked that they transport one of the penguins on the ...

Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday that they are investigating the possibility of a bird strike in the helicopter crash Thursday that killed six people.

The crash occurred just after take off from Bird Island in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, per the BBC. According to NBC News, the helicopter was about 50 feet into the air when “the cardboard ...

Witnesses described the helicopter flipping and spiraling before crashing near the New Jersey shoreline upside down, scattering debris across the river. “The helicopter was a little bit like ...