The Chinook belongs to a rarefied club, one of the few military aircraft that have been in regular service since the 1960s. The helicopter's first proving ground was the Vietnam War, where it was ...

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PUBLISHED: April 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM EDT The rotor of the Bell 206 helicopter from last week’s deadly crash into the Hudson River has been retrieved, the National Transportation Safety Board said.

When rescue crews reached the passenger compartment of the helicopter that plunged into the Hudson River on Thursday, killing all six of its occupants, the aircraft was missing several critical ...

Video showed the helicopter plunging into the 5-foot-deep water near Jersey City, New Jersey, without its tail rotor or main rotor blade. The NTSB is investigating the cause of the crash.

The rotor of the helicopter from last week's deadly crash has been retrieved from the Hudson River, four days after the devastating accident that killed all six people on board, according to a ...

Metro Rotor of doomed NYC helicopter pulled from Hudson River days after deadly tragedy By Emily Crane Published April 14, 2025, 1:45 p.m. ET ...

Divers were spotted pulling the rotor from the murky river Monday afternoon -- days after the chopper went down off Manhattan, killing a Spanish family of five and their pilot.

In 2015, the tail rotor driveshaft on another one of the company's Bell 206 helicopters detached, which caused a loss of control and hard landing in New Jersey, according to the NTSB.

An eyewitness captured video during the moment the helicopter fell to the water, appearing to twist rapidly as it did so. Moments after, a rotor is seen falling, detached from the aircraft.