2 d. ago Maxim Naumov makes US Winter Olympics team year after parents’ death in DC plane crash

US Figure Skating names team for Milan-CortinaNaumov’s parents were also OlympiansUS Figure Skating has confirmed the 16 athletes who will represent Team USA at the Milan-Cortina Games next month in Italy, including Maxim Naumov, who fulfilled the hopes of his late parents by making the Olympic team.Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, who were world champions in pairs figure skating in 1994, became coaches at the Skating Club of Boston. Last January, they were returning from Wichita, Kansas, host of the 2025 US championships, along with 26 others connected to figure skating, when their plane collided with a military helicopter, killing everyone on board both aircraft. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Pilot best friends die after their helicopters collided in mid

Kenneth Kirsch and Michael Greenberg were spotted having one last meal at the Apron Cafe before the pair's midair collision was captured on horrifying video.

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2 w. ago Authorities identify the two victims of New Jersey helicopter crash: ‘They were always together’

Kenneth Kirsch, 65, and Michael Greenberg, 71, died after the Sunday middair collision near Hammonton airportTwo men who died after their helicopters collided midair in New Jersey over the weekend both earned their private pilot licenses over a decade ago and would often have breakfast together at a cafe near the crash site before taking to the skies from the local airport.Authorities on Monday identified the two New Jersey men as Kenneth Kirsch, 65, and Michael Greenberg, 71. Witnesses told police that the two helicopters they were piloting Sunday were flying close together just before they crashed in a farm field near the airport in Hammonton, about 35 miles (56km) south-east of Philadelphia. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago One pilot killed and another critically injured after helicopter plunges out of the sky following midair collision

Two helicopters collided midair and crashed near an airport in New Jersey, authorities said.

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2 w. ago At least one dead after helicopter plunges out of the sky following midair collision with another chopper

Two helicopters collided midair and crashed near an airport in New Jersey, authorities said.

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2 w. ago Hammonton helicopter crash LIVE: Two aircraft in fireball horror in New Jersey

Two helicopters have collided in Hammonton, New Jersey, US - horrifying videos show smoke rising from the scene close to Hammonton Municipal Airport

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2 w. ago Hammonton helicopter crash UPDATES: One dead as choppers collide in New Jersey

One person has died after two helicopters collided in Hammonton, New Jersey, US - horrifying videos show smoke rising from the scene close to Hammonton Municipal Airport

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3 w. ago DOJ will pay DC plane crash victims compensation after government admits fault

67 people were killed in January when an Army Black Hawk Helicopter collided with a passenger jet over the Potomac River

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4 w. ago Senate approves bill inspired by DC plane crash to ensure military aircraft will broadcast location

The Senate has moved quickly to close a loophole that could allow military aircraft to fly without broadcasting their locations, just like an Army helicopter was doing last January before it collided with an airliner over Washington, D.C., killing 67 people

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4 w. ago FAA head vows to maintain safety measures implemented after tragic DC plane crash

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration says he won’t forget the 67 people who died when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., in January

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