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4 March – A Turkish Air Force (TAF) Eurocopter AS532 Cougar, en route to Tatvan District in Bitlis, Turkey, crashes in Bitlis Province. Eleven servicemen on board are killed in the crash, while two other servicemen survive. 5 March – A Robinson R44 helicopter carrying Botswana musician Sasa Klaas, crashes in the outskirts of Xumabee near ...
On 6 August 2011, a U.S. CH-47D Chinook military helicopter operating with the call sign Extortion 17 (pronounced "one-seven") was shot down while transporting a Quick Reaction Force attempting to reinforce a Joint Special Operations Command unit of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the Tangi Valley in Maidan Wardak province, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan.
While making traffic reports and flying at cruising speed, a Hughes 500 helicopter lost its tail rotor after a grinding noise was heard. While making an emergency landing the helicopter struck a palm tree. [60] 0 2 Failure of the tail rotor gearbox due to a bird strike. [61] 1987-09-21 Hailey, Idaho, United States KTVB
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The crash happened at 7:54 p.m. local time, according to a post by the Houston Fire Department on X, formerly known as Twitter. All four people onboard the craft were killed, said Diaz. The FAA ...
The helicopter was about 1.1 nautical miles [nmi] (2.0 km; 1.3 mi) west of the Key Bridge following Helicopter Route 1 to Helicopter Route 4. At 8:46 p.m., about two minutes before the collision, the controller called the helicopter crew advising them of a CRJ700, at an altitude of 1,200 feet (370 m), south of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge ...
An emergency response team with Washington, DC Fire and EMS make their way to airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia.
23 May 1979 - Royal Australian Navy Sea King Mk. 50 N16-098 suffered a tail rotor failure while attempting to land aboard HMAS Melbourne, and ditched in the sea. All four crewmembers were recovered. [6] 9 October 1979 - Royal Navy Sea King HAS2 "XV707" of 706 Squadron suffered a tail rotor failure on approach to landing at RNAS Culdrose and ...