A Super Puma AS332 experienced a double engine failure at 5,000′ recently while transporting Chancellor Merkel in Germany. The helicopter was ferrying her to campaign events when things got interesting. By remaining calm, and following the checklist, the pilots were able to restart both engines only 1,000′ from the ground. According to a few articles [...]
Two West Point cadets owe the NYPD Aviation unit big time for rescuing them on Sunday. Their troubles started when they went to Storm King Mountain to practice rappelling on Saturday. At around 6 p.m. they became stranded on an 18 inch wide ledge. Luckily, they were still within cell phone range and were able [...]
The preliminary report is out on a story I covered here: Pima County Sheriff Crash. There aren’t any glaring faults yet but there are a few new details. The first being that they were attempting a pinnacle landing when the pilot lost control. One of the passengers said they had touched down and the helicopter [...]
A floats equipped MD500 had to ditch recently into a reservoir in Italy. All the articles I’ve found have to go through google translate so it is tough to get specifics. From what I understand though it was a police helicopter with two people on board. They suffered a loss of power and had to [...]
The Pima County Sheriff’s department has confirmed that their helicopter crashed earlier today. As of writing this, all four that were on board are alive. The aircraft is on a cliff in the Ironwood National Forest. Officials have been communicating with two of the survivors via cell phone. They are concerned about exiting the wreckage [...]
A Schweizer 269D operated by the San Antonio police department radioed a mayday around 7:15 p.m. Thursday night. The helicopter’s pilot and passenger were headed to the northern part of the city when they experienced an engine failure near highway 281. They were able to land the 3-year-old helicopter successfully and nobody was injured during [...]
