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A pilot, two British visitors and a Sydney woman have been identified as the four people killed in a collision of two helicopters over the waterfront at an Australian tourist hotspot. Authorities say it was fortunate the death toll in the crash of two aircraft operated by Sea World Helicopters was not higher. The pilot of the second helicopter managed to land safely on a sandy outcrop despite the aircraft being damaged in the collision Monday afternoon near Main Beach on Australia's Gold Coast. Considering the damage that was done to the front left-hand section of the helicopter, where the pilot was sitting, that has been a remarkable achievement, said Australian Transport Safety Bureau Chief Commissioner Angus Mitchell, whose office is investigating the crash. So whilst it has been very tragic that four people have lost their lives and many people are mourning this morning, we could have had a far worse situation here and the fact that one helicopter managed to land has been quite
Two helicopters collided Monday over an Australian beach and passengers in one of the aircraft were injured, police said. The other helicopter managed to land safely after the collision near Main Beach, a northern beach on the Gold Coast, about 45 miles south of Brisbane in Queensland state. Authorities closed Seaworld Drive, which leads to the crash site. The Seaworld theme park is nearby. Queensland Ambulance Service said paramedics and police were at the scene. The Gold Coast region is one of the nation's most popular tourism spots and is at its busiest in January, the peak time for holidays in Australia.
A helicopter pilot and a meteorologist who worked for a North Carolina television station died Tuesday when a news helicopter crashed along a Charlotte-area interstate, with police praising the pilot for heroically avoiding the roadway in his final moments. Meteorologist Jason Myers and pilot Chip Tayag were identified as the people killed in the crash in a statement by WBTV and by coworkers who'd been reporting on the crash live from the station's studio. Fighting back tears, anchors Jamie Boll and Molly Grantham mourned their colleagues while providing updates during a broadcast that carried on uninterrupted for hours. They included witness reports that Tayag prevented the helicopter from crashing onto Interstate-77 during a busy week of holiday travel. "Jamie and I are learning it here as our newsroom is learning it and trying to figure it out while deeply grieving ," Grantham said during the broadcast. "We're giving the news and we're all all of our WBTV family grieving Chip
Before it went down in the mountainous region of Migging in Arunachal Pradesh, the Army's Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) sent a distress call to the air traffic control suggesting a technical failure, military sources said on Saturday. Mortal remains of four personnel out of five on board the Weapon System Integrated (WSI) version of the indigenously-built helicopter were retrieved by rescue teams on Friday evening, hours after the aircraft crashed. "Prior to the crash, the Air Traffic Control (ATC) received a May Day call suggesting a technical or mechanical failure," said a source. 'May Day' call refers to distress signal conveyed to an aircraft crew to the ATC or ground staff. "It is reported that the weather was good for flying operations. The pilots had more than 600 combined flying hours on ALH-WSI and over 1,800 service flying hours between them," the source cited above said. The helicopter was inducted into service in June 2015. The Indian Army offered deepest condolence
A helicopter carrying pilgrims from Guptkashi to Kedarnath crashed near Jangalchatti on Tuesday, sources said. Seven people, including the pilot, are feared killed, they said. Fog and poor visibility are said to be the reason for the crash. A team has been dispatched to the accident spot to carry out relief operations.
A Pakistani military helicopter crashed in Balochistan province late on Sunday killing all six soldiers on board, the country's media affairs wing said on Monday."All six personnel on board, including two pilots, have embraced shahadat," Dawn newspaper quoted the Pakistan military's public relations wing saying in a statement.No reason was given for the helicopter crash in the southwest area of the country.Former federal minister Fawad Hussain Chaudhry said helicopter flying is getting dangerous and needs engineering evaluation."Heli flying is getting dangerous this needs engineering evaluation, too many crashes ...RIP Braveheart's all were too young to die," Chaudhry tweeted.The latest incident comes weeks after a similar chopper crash took place in August which claimed six lives including Quetta Corps commander Lt Gen Sarfraz Ali, Dawn reported.The chopper had lost contact with the air traffic control in Balochistan's Lasbela district.The remains of the military chopper's wreckage, .