The search for 16 oil workers missing after their helicopter crashed into the Atlantic off Newfoundland has now been called off. Officials say it is unlikely the missing workers could have survived. Rescue officials say the mission is now one …
Category Archive: Helicopter Crash
Helicopter goes down near California nuclear plant
A U.S. Border Patrol helicopter went down Thursday night near the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, the FAA said. The McDonnell Douglas 600N, with three people on board, made a forced landing because of engine trouble. The three people were …
Helicopter crash kills a senior Afghan general
KABUL: A senior Afghan Army general was killed Thursday in a helicopter crash in western Afghanistan, and two British soldiers died in a blast in the south on Wednesday, officials said. The general, Fazaludin Sayar, one of four regional commanders, …
Cambodian police chief dies in helicopter crash
Cambodia’s top policeman died in a helicopter crash in bad weather that also claimed the life of a top-ranking army general, a government spokesman told AFP Sunday. Chief of police Hok Lundy and General Sok Sa Em were passengers in …
Two U.S. helicopters collide in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters collided while landing at an American combat outpost in northern Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military said. One Iraqi soldier was killed and two American and two Iraqi soldiers were injured, military …