Due to their hover and vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capabilities, helicopters possess distinct advantages over fixed-wing aircraft. Able to operate in tight spaces, isolated areas, and places, ...

On a fall afternoon, a Boeing passenger jet had just been cleared for takeoff at Reagan National Airport when the pilot saw a Bell helicopter lift off in a direction that would cross the plane’s path.

An air traffic controller managing helicopter and airplane traffic on the night of the Potomac River mid-air collision in January should have informed the crew of the passenger jet an Army helicopter ...

HOUSTON (AP) — A helicopter pilot was speaking with an air traffic controller in Houston when the aircraft crashed into a radio tower, killing all four people on board, according to a preliminary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Air traffic controller 'left work early' before deadly crash as helicopter's flight height comes into question A supervisor ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Is the Los Angeles Police Department wasting millions of dollars a year of taxpayer money on police helicopters? City Controller Kenneth Mejia and his staff conducted a ...