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  2. FACT CHECK: Does Video Show Helicopter Fighting The ... - AOL

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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.

  3. Helicopter bucket - Wikipedia

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    A helicopter bucket or helibucket is a specialized bucket suspended on a cable carried by a helicopter to deliver water for aerial firefighting. The design of the buckets allows the helicopter to hover over a water source—such as a lake , river , pond , or tank —and lower the bucket into the water to refill it.

  4. Aerial firefighting - Wikipedia

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    A helicopter dips its bucket into a river to drop water on a wildfire in California. Helicopters can hover over the fire and drop water or retardant. The S-64 Helitanker has microprocessor-controlled doors on its tank. The doors are controlled based on the area to be covered and wind conditions.

  5. Helicopters collide over Australian beach, 4 passengers dead

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    Footage of the crash showed a helicopter shortly after takeoff being clipped by another helicopter flying over the water. Sea World Helicopters, a separate company from the theme park, expressed ...

  6. Chilling new videos give clearest view yet of DC plane crash ...

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    Disturbing new videos give the clearest view yet of the moment the American Airlines passenger plane and Army helicopter exploded into pieces — sending huge chunks of fiery debris crashing into ...

  7. Amphibious helicopter - Wikipedia

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    An amphibious helicopter is a helicopter that is intended to land on and take off from both land and water. Amphibious helicopters are used for a variety of specialized purposes including air-sea rescue , marine salvage and oceanography , in addition to other tasks that can be accomplished with any non-amphibious helicopter.

  8. 2009 Hudson River mid-air collision - Wikipedia

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    Visual flight rules on the river corridors by Manhattan have been subject to considerable debate since the 2006 New York City plane crash, in which New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle crashed into an apartment building while flying using visual flight rules on the East River. [6] This was the first aircraft collision over the Hudson River since ...

  9. 'The helicopter and the plane crashed in the river': Audio ...

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    Helicopters and divers searched the Potomac for survivors. Rescue teams stage to help search the Potomac River (EPA) The Coast Guard said it was deploying every available search and rescue asset ...