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FAA Grounds Helicopter Company After Fatal New York Crash

The Federal Aviation Administration ordered New York Helicopter Charter Inc. to cease operations while it conducts a review of the tour operator’s license and safety record following a deadly crash last week. The regulator’s decision, announced on X, came just …

Deadly Crash Raises Questions About Safety of New York’s Helicopter Tours

A helicopter ride giving a thrilling sweep of Manhattan’s iconic skyline has long been on the to-do list for New York City tourists of means. For several hundred dollars, tour companies fly passengers high above the rivers that encircle the …

Helicopter Pilot Was Talking With Air Traffic Controller at Time of Fatal Houston Crash

HOUSTON (AP) — A helicopter pilot was speaking with an air traffic controller in Houston when the aircraft crashed into a radio tower, killing all four people on board, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board. …

Helicopter Crashes Into Radio Tower Near Downtown Houston, Killing 4

HOUSTON (AP) — Four people aboard a helicopter were killed when it crashed into a radio tower in Houston and burst into flames, officials said. The helicopter went down just before 8 p.m. Sunday in a neighborhood east of downtown …

Goose Found in Helicopter’s Flight Control System in Fatal Oklahoma Crash

A dead goose was found in part of the flight control system of a medical helicopter that crashed in western Oklahoma, killing all three people on board, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board. The report …

Helicopter Crash in New Jersey Forest Kills 2 from ABC News Team

A helicopter crashed on Tuesday night in the Pinelands wilderness area of New Jersey, killing the pilot and a photographer who worked for ABC-TV news team in Philadelphia, WPVI. The ABC news station said the chopper went down in Wharton …

Wisconsin Aircraft Crashes Kill 4

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Devyn Reiley, the daughter of two-time Super Bowl winner Bruce Collie, was one of four people who died in two separate crashes at a Wisconsin aircraft convention over the weekend, event organizers say. Reiley, 30, was …

Carolina TV Station Reeling After Chopper Crash Kills Pilot and Meteorologist

A helicopter pilot and a meteorologist who worked for a North Carolina television station died just before Thanksgiving when a news helicopter crashed along a Charlotte-area interstate, with police praising the pilot for heroically avoiding the roadway in his final …

Two Law Officers Killed in Helicopter Crash in Tennessee

Federal and state officials are investigating after two Tennessee law enforcement officers died when their helicopter hit power lines and crashed in a wooded area near Chattanooga. Tennessee Highway Patrol Sgt. Lee Russell of the Aviation Division and Marion County …

Helicopter Pilot Killed on Manhattan High-Rise Had Reported a Problem

The pilot of a helicopter who was killed in a crash-landing on a high-rise building in Manhattan had reported a problem and said he wanted to return to the heliport he had taken off from minutes earlier. The copter instead …