The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is gathering more information after a helicopter lost power over a lake while ...

The pilot, who was the only one in the chopper, released "the water load and conducted an autorotation landing in a shallow part of the lake." Autorotation is a manoeuvre that pilots use to land a ...

Without that tail rotor countering the torque, a single-rotor helicopter would spin in circles uncontrollably. Turboshaft engines also have a vital safety feature known as autorotation.

Lt. Col. Jesse J. Fritz, chief of staff of the 106th Rescue Wing, said conducting training exercises while flying in an actual helicopter can often be a challenge, depending on weather, available ...

Christie Brinkley recalled how dirt from Chimayo, New Mexico, may have saved her life in a 1994 helicopter crash. However, the near-fatal accident also marked the end of her marriage to Billy Joel.

“Autorotation” means a helicopter’s engine has failed but the rotor is still spinning due to air rushing over it, and allows the pilot to glide the craft to a safe landing.

A CEO at the German technology company Siemens, his wife, and their three young children were among six people killed when a tourist helicopter crashed into the Hudson River near Jersey City.

The Brief. Six people died when a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River Thursday afternoon. One aviation expert says that the entire rotor assembly may have come off, causing the crash.

An autorotation in any helicopter is a complicated task requiring manipulation of the collective, cyclic, and anti-torque pedals to maintain a target airspeed and main rotor rpm, ...

"The crash of an AirCare helicopter in northern Madison County Monday claimed the lives of two University of Mississippi Medical Center care team members and a Med-Trans pilot," the statement said.