Around 4 p.m. Saturday a pilot and his two passengers were killed when their Agusta helicopter crashed in Northern Ireland. The pair were returning from a hunting trip and were headed back to England when unknown circumstances led to the accident. One of the passengers is reportedly a good friend of Prince Charles. Emergency services [...]
Reports are coming in that PennSTAR had to make a precautionary landing around 10:30 a.m. today. They were flying over the Lawncrest area of Philadelphia when a caution light illuminated. The pilot elected to land in a park and didn’t cause any further damage to the aircraft or injure anybody. There were two people on [...]
A spokesman for the Nigerian Navy is saying that one of their helicopters has crashed into the Niger Delta, likely killing all four on board. The aircraft was searching for a ship that had reportedly run aground in the area when unknown problems caused the crash. I haven’t seen an article specify what type of [...]
A Mexican telecom and real estate tycoon was killed along with several family members and the pilot when the Agusta 109 helicopter they were in crashed outside of Mexico City. They were returning from New York and were taking the helicopter from the international airport in Tuleca to their home in Mexico City which is [...]
Two twenty year old men were hiking in Little Cottonwood Canyon when they became lost trying an alternate route down on Sunday. They ended up trapped on the ledge of a sheer cliff with a 900 foot drop. The inexperienced and unprepared hikers called for help around 6:30pm but initially weren’t even sure what canyon [...]
According to a recent FAA incident report, an Agusta A119 with the tail number of N119AH experienced a hard landing which severed the tail boom. There were five on board including a patient but no injuries were reported. The patient was airlifted from the scene by another helicopter to finish the trip to a medical [...]
