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A post shared on social media purportedly shows a video of a helicopter lifting water out of the Pacific Ocean to fight the current fires in Los Angeles. Verdict: False The video dates back to 2019.
Several pieces of the Bell 206 helicopter's propulsion system were found scattered around the crash site, including the transmission, main rotor hub and blades. The safety board said one of the ...
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The Bell AH-1Z Viper [3] is a twin-engine attack helicopter, based on the AH-1W SuperCobra, designed and produced by the American aerospace manufacturer Bell Helicopter. It is one of the latest members of the prolific Bell Huey family. It is often called "Zulu Cobra", based on the military phonetic alphabet pronunciation of its variant letter.
17 January – A Bell UH-1H Iroquois helicopter crashes and catches fire near Raton, New Mexico, killing five of the six people on board. [ 9 ] 27 October – An AgustaWestland AW169 helicopter carrying Leicester City F.C. chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha crashes and catches fire outside the King Power Stadium in Leicester , United Kingdom ...
The helicopter broke up in flight [2] while traveling about 229 mph (199 kn) at an altitude of about 2,000 feet (610 m); [3] the main rotor contacted and severed the tail boom due to severe vertical oscillations. The crew were performing one engine inoperative (OEI) recovery testing; the test induced a scissors-mode vibration in the main rotor ...
The Robinson R44 aircraft spun out of control on its approach to the helicopter garage at Pearland Regional Airport around 9:30 Sunday morning, the dizzying CCTV footage of the incident showed.
Firefighters were battling a small fire in the Cabazon area when two helicopters collided, one of which plunged to earth. The other landed safely. 3 reported dead after firefighting helicopters ...