Helicopter

Houston Fire Department (HOUSTON) — A helicopter that crashed into a radio tower in Houston, Texas, Sunday left four people killed, including a child, officials said. The crash happened at approximately 7:54 p.m. local time, when a private aircraft struck a radio tower in Houston’s Second Ward, Houston police said in a press conference Sunday […]

Piccell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An investigation is underway after a local news helicopter operated by Philadelphia ABC station WPVI-TV crashed in New Jersey, killing both people on board. The pilot, 67-year-old Monroe Smith, and the photographer, 45-year-old Christopher Dougherty, were on board Chopper 6 when it crashed in a wooded area of Washington Township […]

Piccell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A local news helicopter operated by Philadelphia ABC station WPVI crashed Tuesday night in a wooded area in New Jersey, killing two people on board, the station said. A pilot and photographer were on board Chopper 6 when it crashed in Washington Township, WPVI reported. The pilot, 67-year-old Monroe Smith, and […]

Piccell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A local news helicopter operated by WPVI-TV, an ABC-owned television station in Philadelphia, crashed Tuesday night in a wooded area in southern New Jersey, killing two people onboard, the station said. Chopper 6 crashed with a pilot and photographer onboard sometime after 8 p.m. in Washington Township, WPVI reported. Both […]

KABC (LOS ANGELES) — A firefighting helicopter crashed, killing all three crew members, after it collided with a second helicopter while battling a blaze in southern California on Sunday, fire officials said. Riverside County firefighters were called to the scene of a structure fire in Cabazon at about 6 p.m. on Sunday and they soon […]