The military helicopter that collided with an American Airlines flight over Washington, DC, was flying nearly twice as high as it should have been.

Johnson was "an amazing man," said Matt Klier, his friend from the Navy and a fellow helicopter pilot. Thursday's deadly crash occurred at 3:17 p.m., just over 15 minutes into the flight ...

It's too early to say what happened to the sightseeing helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River in New York City, killing all six people on board, but aviation experts said a failure may have ...

Helicopter in deadly Hudson River crash broke apart in midair, preliminary NTSB report finds 01:28. The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report on April's Hudson ...

How safe is flying in helicopters? Flying on a commercial airliner is by far the safest form of air travel, with an average rate of fewer than 0.01 fatal accidents per 100,000 flight hours from ...

The helicopter tour company whose sightseeing chopper plunged into the Hudson River on Thursday is shutting down operations immediately, the FAA said Sunday.

April 10 (Reuters) - A tourist helicopter plummeted upside down into New York City's Hudson River on Thursday killing all six people on board, including a Spanish family with three children and ...

The helicopter, a Bell 206L-4 LongRanger operated by New York Helicopter Tours, had been flying at about 110 miles an hour over the river that afternoon, at an altitude of 625 feet to 650 feet ...