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A post shared on social media purportedly shows a video of a helicopter lifting water out of the Pacific Ocean to fight the current fires in Los Angeles. Verdict: False The video dates back to 2019.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two aviation experts who reviewed newly released photos and video of Friday's helicopter crash that killed a prominent Nigerian banker and five others said the flight likely ...
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Kobe Bryant (right), former Los Angeles Lakers player, being interviewed by Iván Kasanzew 11 days before the crash.. On Sunday, January 26, 2020, at approximately 9:06 a.m. PST (17:06 UTC), [3] eight passengers and one pilot departed from John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Orange County, California, in a 1991 Sikorsky S-76B helicopter, registration N72EX.
The helicopter left Palm Springs International Airport in California and was flying southeast towards Boulder City, Nevada, for that year's Super Bowl in Las Vegas. [3] The weather was unfavorable, with rain and snowfall reported in the area [ 4 ] —a remote area with few light sources to aid navigation. [ 5 ]
The crash late Sunday afternoon in the desert about 85 miles (137 kilometers) east of Los Angeles involved a huge Sikorsky S-64E and a smaller Bell 407. The larger Sikorsky landed safely.
Los Angeles Airways Flight 417: Compton: California: Sikorsky S-61L: The helicopter experienced failure of the blade rotor system, where one blade struck the fuselage, leading to a loss of balance and failure of all five rotor blades and subsequent separation of the rear fuselage and tail. May 22, 1968 23 0 0 Los Angeles Airways Flight 841 ...
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) held a briefing Tuesday to announce its findings on the probable cause of the helicopter accident last year that claimed the lives of basketball ...