helicopter crash

January 8, 2024 | 5:00 PM

Federal investigators can’t determine exact cause of 2022 helicopter crash near Philadelphia

By The Associated Press

January 17, 2022 | 5:19 AM

Pilot of crashed medical helicopter in Delaware County released from hospital

The medical helicopter, part of the LifeNet program based in Hagerstown, Maryland, was also transporting an infant girl from Chambersburg Hospital when it went down.

By The Associated Press

January 12, 2022 | 1:20 PM

Investigators probe wreckage of medical helicopter that crashed in Philadelphia suburb

All four people on board a medical helicopter that crashed in suburban Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon survived.

By The Associated Press

February 10, 2021 | 4:34 AM

NTSB says pilot had ‘spatial disorientation’ in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash

The pilot, Ara Zobayan, was prohibited by federal regulations from penetrating the clouds, but he did so anyway. He told air traffic controllers that he was about to rise above the clouds, but instead he crashed into the hillside below. Zobayan was also killed in the crash on Jan. 26, 2020.

By Laura Wamsley/NPR

February 3, 2020 | 4:11 AM

Feds: Helicopter had ‘in-flight break-up’ before crash in Cumberland County

One witness reported that the helicopter was "struggling to fly."

By The Associated Press

January 29, 2020 | 5:33 AM

‘I lost my hero’: Through tears, Kobe Bryant’s high school coach remembers the late NBA star

“My heart hurts so bad and my insides hurt so bad."

By Layla A. Jones/WHYY

January 28, 2020 | 5:43 AM

What we know: The helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and 8 others

The Sikorsky S-76B was flying in low clouds and fog, and it was operating under "special VFR" (special visual flight rules) status, meaning its pilot had been granted a request to fly in challenging conditions.

By Bill Chappell/NPR

January 28, 2020 | 5:29 AM

Kobe Bryant’s basketball roots in Philly might run deeper than you realize

"He was a kid who was upset when practice was canceled. He was a kid who had a vision of what he wanted in his life."

By Avi Wolfman-Arent/Keystone Crossroads

January 10, 2020 | 5:04 AM

Two New York men are dead after a helicopter crashes in Cumberland County

By The Associated Press

October 28, 2016 | 8:36 AM

‘Pilot error’ led to midstate marine’s death

By Lillian Reed/Hanover Evening Sun

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