Quick calculations, coordination, communication and feedback were key in helping helicopter pilots hit their spots.

"Fire command. The accident happened in the river. Both the helicopter and the plane crashed in the river... he approached into Runway 33," she says. First responders honored the flag draped ...

Billings Flying Service (BFS) aerial fire fighting helicopter! “When these helicopters came available and you look at their ...

A passenger jet and a Black Hawk helicopter that collided in midair ... At least 55 bodies had been recovered as of Sunday, D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Chief John Donnelly said.

While it’s not a vast amount in absolute terms, a helicopter can drop the water precisely, and all at once, which can halt the advance of even a large fire. Within seconds, Davies can feel the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fire chief says everyone aboard American Airlines jet that collided with Army helicopter is feared dead.

While wildfires are fairly common in California, it is currently reeling under the effects of one of the worst wildfire events ever to hit the state. More than 5,000 acres of land have been ...

The Leicester City Football Club owner and three others who were killed in a helicopter crash outside the King Power Stadium may have survived if the aircraft had not caught fire, an inquest has ...

Still, crews kept that fire in remote areas and out of the suburban Chula Vista neighborhoods it threatened. The county is looking at buying a new twin-engine helicopter capable of flying at night ...

D.C., Fire Chief John A. Donnelly Sr. said in a Thursday morning news conference that officials do not believe anyone survived a mid-air collision between a Black Hawk military helicopter and a ...

By that point, helicopter pilots had been dropping water on the flames for about nine hours, but were fighting a tough battle against the winds, which spread the fire at an alarming rate ...