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Cal Fire Trains for Water Rescues as Rainy Season Begins
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.
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Cal Fire Gets New Helicopter for Water Rescues as Rainy Season Begins
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.
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FBI Investigates Shooting of Military Helicopter Over Northern Virginia; 1 Hurt
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
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Lemon Grove Man Charged With Pointing Laser at SDPD Helicopter During Protest
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.
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Helicopter Lacked Recommended Warning System Overruled by FAA That ‘Could Have Helped'
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.
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Video Appears to Show Helicopter Carrying Kobe Bryant Circling Around LA Before Crash
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.
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Officials Confirm No Survivors From Hawaii Helicopter Crash
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.
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Wreckage of Missing Helicopter Found
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.
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7 Dead After Helicopter and Plane Collide on Spanish Island of Mallorca
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...
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Why This Helicopter Was on a 101 Freeway Overpass
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.
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In Interstellar First, NASA is Sending a Helicopter to Mars
NASA has announced plans to send a helicopter to Mars.
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3 Dead as Helicopter Crashes Into House in Orange County
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.
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Coast Guard Chopper Crash Lands at SFO During Training Exercise
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crash-landed at San Francisco International Airport while it was conducting a hovering training exercise Monday afternoon.
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Coast Guard Chopper Crash Lands at SFO During Training Exercise
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.
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74-Year-Old Woman Rescued Near Mt. Diablo Summit
The CHP used a helicopter to hoist a 74-year-old woman from near the summit of Mount Diablo Sunday afternoon.
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Salvage Crew at Site of Military Helicopter Crash That Killed 11 Off Fla. Coast
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.
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Names of 7 Marines Killed in Fla. Helicopter Crash Released
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...
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Medical Helicopter Crashes in Downtown Wichita Falls
A medical helicopter crashes in downtown Wichita Falls, killing one person and injuring three others early Saturday morning.