Helicopters are uniquely designed to offer benefits in the areas of emergency medicine, search and rescue, and firefighting, to name a few. While versatile, because helicopters do frequently fly and ...

Two people working on powerlines near the Mississippi River died Thursday when their helicopter hit the lines, crashed into a barge and sparked a fire that belched plumes of black smoke, officials ...

A docked barge burned on the Mississippi River near Alton, Ill., on Aug. 7 after a utility helicopter working on an Ameren Illinois power project struck a line and crashed onto the vessel, killing two ...