44 h. ago Helicopter crashes at Melbourne airport moments after takeoff

Two people – the pilot and a passenger – were on board at time of crash

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45 h. ago Helicopter crashes just minutes after takeoff at Melbourne Airport

Photos from the scene reveal the aircraft's wreckage with the crash occuring beside a runway.

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45 h. ago BREAKING Helicopter crashes down to ground minutes after take

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46 h. ago Helicopter crashes just minutes after take off at Melbourne Airport as person rushed to hospital

The helicopter crashed just minutes after take-off at Moorabbin Airport in Melbourne, with photographs from the scene showing fire crews rushing towards the crumpled aircraft

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3 d. ago Key pieces of evidence recovered in the wake of New York helicopter disaster

Divers have now secured key pieces of evidence following the Hudson River helicopter crash on Thursday

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4 d. ago Hudson River helicopter crash: Tour company ordered to STOP operations immediately

Agustin Escobar, the CEO of Siemens Spain, and his family were killed after the New York Helicopter chopper plunged from the sky into the Hudson River in New York City

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4 d. ago FAA emergency order grounds NYC helicopter tour company involved in deadly crash

Federal aviation regulators issued an emergency order Monday grounding the helicopter tour company involved in a deadly New York crash after learning it had fired its operations director minutes after he had agreed to suspend flights during the investigation

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4 d. ago New York helicopter tour operator behind fatal crash shuts down

FAA said New York Helicopter Tours will be shuttering ‘immediately’ after accident that killed all six on boardThe company that operated the helicopter that crashed into New York City’s Hudson River on Thursday – killing all six people on board – has been shuttered with immediate effect, the US’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said late on Sunday.New York Helicopter Tours is “shutting down their operations immediately”, the FAA said in a statement on X. The agency added that it would launch a review of the company’s license and safety records in the meantime. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Tour company in Hudson River helicopter crash shuts down operations, FAA confirms

Six people were killed when the helicopter plunged into the Hudson River last week

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5 d. ago Schumer seeks to halt flights for New York helicopter company after deadly Hudson River crash

New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on federal authorities to revoke the operating permits of the helicopter tour company whose sightseeing chopper broke apart in midair and plunged into the Hudson River

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5 d. ago Helicopter that crashed into NYC’s Hudson River was not equipped with flight recorders, NTSB says

Senator Chuck Schumer calling on officials to ground helicopter tour company during investigation

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5 d. ago Hudson River helicopter crash: Brother pays tribute to relatives as cause remains unclear

Joan Camprubi travelled to New York City to share a heartbreaking tribute to his sister Merce Camprubi Montal, her husband and their three children - before throwing flowers into the water in memory of them

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5 d. ago Hudson River helicopter crash: Chilling safety inspection video shared before disaster killed six

The operator of a helicopter which crashed into the Hudson River killing a Spanish family of five along with the pilot had featured the aircraft in a video on its website

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5 d. ago Helicopter in fatal New York crash lacked flight recorders, officials say

Aircraft crash that killed all six people on board was on its eighth tour flight of the day, federal investigators sayThe helicopter that crashed into New York City’s Hudson River on Thursday – killing all six on board, including three children – lacked flight recorders, said the US’s National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).It was also on its eighth tour flight of the day, having already completed seven, according to federal investigators.Reuters contributed reporting Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Hudson River helicopter crash probe reveals doomed aircraft missing key equipment

Initial reports from an investigation into the helicopter crash in New York City that killed six, including a family of five from Spain, reveal a significant discovery

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5 d. ago Helicopter crash victim's brother makes somber trip to NYC to identify bodies and visit site where family died

The grieving brother of one of the victims in the deadly New York City helicopter crash issued a chilling statement as he visited the crash site.

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6 d. ago Five reasons why Hudson helicopter may have fallen killing entire family

The helicopter involved in the deadly crash in the Hudson River in New York City was reportedly low on fuel when it went down, killing all six on board - but investigators must now try and decipher what led to the tragic crash

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6 d. ago Hudson river helicopter crash: 5 reasons aircraft may have fallen from sky

Agustin Escobar and his family were killed in the crash.

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6 d. ago Helicopter that crashed into Hudson River had glaring issue just months ago

The New York City helicopter that plunged into the frigid waters of the Hudson River, killing all six people onboard, had experienced mechanical issues months before breaking apart midair.

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6 d. ago Hudson River helicopter crash: NYC chopper 'had mechanical issue months before fatal wreck'

The Bell 206 helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River during a sightseeing tour of New York City had reported an issue with its transmission assembly prior to the crash, according to FAA data

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