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One clear sign the Bay Area’s rainy season is starting is when CalFire starts shifting its training to water rescues. On Wednesday, helicopter crews known as Helitack, began training with other agencies to deal with the risks that come with the changing weather. Robert Handa reports.

One clear sign the Bay Area’s rainy season is starting is when CalFire starts shifting its training to water rescues. On Wednesday, helicopter crews known as Helitack, began training with other agencies to deal with the risks that come with the changing weather.

The FBI is investigating the shooting of a military helicopter during a training mission this week in northern Virginia, injuring one crew member who was aboard

A Lemon Grove man was charged Wednesday with aiming a laser pointer beam at a San Diego police helicopter during a police protest last weekend in Hillcrest.

The pilot of the helicopter that crashed near Los Angeles, killing former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant and eight others, told air traffic controllers in his last radio message that he was climbing to avoid a cloud layer before plunging more than 1,000 feet (305 meters) into a hillside, an accident investigator said.

Video captured by a Glendale, California, resident appears to show the helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and six other passengers circling above Glendale half an hour before the fatal crash. David Lyudnirsky, who lives below the known flight path of the helicopter, said he started filming because of the noise of the chopper circling above his house.

Tour helicopter operations in Hawaii have come under increased scrutiny after the deadly crash this week, one of several recent accidents in the state, with a congressman calling the trips unsafe and lacking proper oversight. There were no survivors of a Thursday tour helicopter crash that killed three minors and four adults, officials confirmed Saturday.

A tour helicopter carrying seven people went missing in Hawaii on Thursday evening. Kaua’i Police say the wreckage of the helicopter has been found and the search for the passengers continues.

A mid-air collision between a sightseeing helicopter and a small plane on the Spanish island of Mallorca killed seven people Sunday, authorities said. The victims included three adults and two children on the helicopter and two local men on the light plane, the regional government of Spain’s Balearic islands, which include Mallorca, said in a tweet. Local media reported the...

Drivers on the 101 Freeway northeast of downtown Los Angeles saw what might be considered an unusual sight on an overpass. But in LA it’s just another day on the set. Video broadcast Thursday Dec. 13, 2018 on Today in LA.

NASA has announced plans to send a helicopter to Mars.

Three people were killed and five others injured Tuesday when an Orange County-based sightseeing and pilot-training helicopter crashed in a Newport Beach home.

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crash-landed at San Francisco International Airport while it was conducting a hovering training exercise Monday afternoon.

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crash-landed at San Francisco International Airport while it was conducting a hovering training exercise Monday afternoon. Ian Cull reports.

The CHP used a helicopter to hoist a 74-year-old woman from near the summit of Mount Diablo Sunday afternoon.

A salvage barge moved off the Florida Panhandle coast to lift the wreckage of a shattered Black Hawk helicopter from the waters, days after seven Marines and four soldiers were killed when the aircraft crashed in dense fog on a nighttime training mission.

The Black Hawk helicopter that crashed in dense fog during a training mission in Florida was carrying seven special operations Marines forces based in North Carolina, along with four National Guard soldiers from Louisiana. All were killed. The salvage of the helicopter could begin Friday afternoon and is expected to take several hours....Click to read more about the servicemen...

A medical helicopter crashes in downtown Wichita Falls, killing one person and injuring three others early Saturday morning.