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911 calls and air traffic control audio from people who saw a helicopter crash into a Miami-Dade canal describe the tragedy of a daughter desperately trying to save the life of her 71-year-old father.
Kobe Bryant, former Los Angeles Lakers player, among 9 fatalities of helicopter crash in Calabasas. On Sunday, January 26, 2020, at approximately 9:06 a.m. PST (17:06 UTC), [3] 9 passengers and crew departed from John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Orange County, California, in a 1991 Sikorsky S-76B helicopter, registration N72EX.
Hampton died when the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter she was flying was shot down near Fallujah, Iraq on January 2, 2004. Captain Hampton was the first female military pilot in United States history to be shot down and killed as a result of hostile fire. [5] [6] [7] She was also the first female combat casualty in Iraq from South Carolina.
43-year-old Barbara Ann Oswald hijacked a Saint Louis-based charter helicopter and forced the pilot to land in the prison yard. While landing the aircraft, the pilot, Allen Barklage, who was a Vietnam War veteran, struggled with Oswald and managed to wrestle the gun away from her. Barklage then shot and killed Oswald, thwarting the escape. [11]
Goodbye, Farewell and Amen. " Goodbye, Farewell and Amen " is a television film that served as the series finale of the American television series M*A*S*H. The 2½-hour episode first aired on CBS on February 28, 1983, ending the series' original run. The episode was written by eight collaborators, including series star Alan Alda, who also directed.
Jul. 12—A famed Alaska bush pilot's plane struck a tree while departing a remote ridgeline airstrip last month near Shaktoolik and then crashed onto the tundra, killing both people onboard, a ...
George H. W. Bush. George Herbert Walker Bush[a] (June 12, 1924 – November 30, 2018) was an American politician, diplomat, and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as the 43rd vice president from 1981 to 1989 under Ronald Reagan and previously in ...
Captain. Chesley Burnett " Sully " Sullenberger III (born January 23, 1951) is an American retired aviator, diplomat and aviation safety expert. He is best known for his actions as captain of US Airways Flight 1549 on January 15, 2009, when he ditched the plane, landing on the Hudson River after both engines were disabled by a bird strike.