Read more helicopter stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5820/helicopter.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:21:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73598/2-us-pilots-die-in-iraq-chopper-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA chopper's "hard landing" in Salahuddin province north of Baghdad took the lives of two US pilots yesterday, bringing the total count of Americans killed in Iraq since the war began in March 2003 to at least 4,361. The military released no further details about the crash, but said...http://www.newser.com/story/73598/2-us-pilots-die-in-iraq-chopper-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 4:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72912/9-missing-in-coast-guard-plane-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNine people are missing after a Coast Guard plane collided with a military helicopter last night off the coast of southern California. A pilot flying in the area reported seeing a huge fireball. Seven people were traveling aboard the plane, and two were in the chopper. A search-and-rescue mission is...http://www.newser.com/story/72912/9-missing-in-coast-guard-plane-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 4:41:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72545/14-americans-killed-in-2-afghan-chopper-crashes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA pair of helicopter crashes today in Afghanistan killed 14 US troops and civilian workers and injured at least 28 others. In the first crash, a helicopter went down in the west of the country after leaving the scene of a firefight with insurgents, killing 10 Americans—seven troops and...http://www.newser.com/story/72545/14-americans-killed-in-2-afghan-chopper-crashes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 7:42:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71957/gangs-down-police-chopper-as-rio-burns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBrazilian officials are insisting security won't be a problem for its just-won 2016 Olympics despite drug-gang violence that plunged Rio de Janeiro into a day of bloody chaos that saw gangs shoot down a police helicopter, killing two cops and injuring four. The hourslong turf war between rival gangs in...http://www.newser.com/story/71957/gangs-down-police-chopper-as-rio-burns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 18 Oct 2009 9:35:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68819/proposal-sends-woman-over-cliff-literally.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Washington-area woman is in good condition tonight after accepting a marriage proposal—then tumbling off a cliff, the Post reports. The yet-unidentified couple was hiking along a popular but treacherous trail near the Potomac River when the man popped the question; soon thereafter the woman tumbled about 10 feet,...http://www.newser.com/story/68819/proposal-sends-woman-over-cliff-literally.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Sep 2009 20:34:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66957/air-controller-failed-to-warn-hudson-pilot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn air traffic controller failed to warn the pilot of a plane in last weekend's mid-air collision over the Hudson River, the National Transportation Safety Board ruled today. Chatting on the phone, the controller did not inform the pilot that "there were several aircraft detected by radar in the area...http://www.newser.com/story/66957/air-controller-failed-to-warn-hudson-pilot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 17:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66598/searchers-find-cant-recover-8th-body.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCrews searching the Hudson River for the victims of Sunday's collision between a sightseeing helicopter and a small plane located an eighth body yesterday in the submerged plane but were unable to recover it, 1010 WINS radio reports. Rough water and silt impeded the efforts of divers, who suspended work...http://www.newser.com/story/66598/searchers-find-cant-recover-8th-body.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 23:08:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66503/above-the-hudson-a-chaotic-airspace.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAbove the Hudson River west of Manhattan, where a helicopter and a light plane fatally collided on Saturday, a pilot can have as many as a dozen other aircraft to monitor at busy moments. Flight instructors describe the river corridor as dangerous and tunnel-like, and government is once again facing...http://www.newser.com/story/66503/above-the-hudson-a-chaotic-airspace.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 5:39:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66523/fear-saved-helicopter-mom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Italian mom too frightened to take a helicopter tour of Manhattan saved her life—but lost most of her family as the copter collided with a plane over the Hudson River, reports the New York Daily News . Silvia Rigamonti got cold feet at the last minute. The tour was...http://www.newser.com/story/66523/fear-saved-helicopter-mom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 4:46:24 CDT