helicopter

First thinking it was likely to be a light aircraft or helicopter, often seen flying around the landmark, he phoned his wife who was at their home in Lower Manhattan.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

A military helicopter flies in front of the Pentagon Sept. 14, 2001, in Arlington, Va., at the impact site where a hijacked airliner crashed into the building.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

The inquiry found the helicopter crashed after a diaphragm inside the engine split.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

The helicopter he was on, hired by Rasuwagadhi, was unable to land at the location of the project, which was a muddy wasteland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

In exactly three minutes a Marine helicopter set down on the grass.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Two of the destroyed US aircraft were worth about $100m each, CBS says, noting that several "Little Bird" helicopters also needed to be destroyed so the technology would not be obtained by Iran.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

County Supervisor Janice Hahn long opposed the eradication, ever since a previous plan called for sharpshooters to take aim at the deer from helicopters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

A large team of rescuers equipped with several helicopters was deployed to the scene.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

According to Cal Fire, around 3,000 personnel, scores of engines, helicopters, dozers and other equipment are being used to battle the fires, with “numerous” air tankers from throughout the state flying fire suppression missions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

She takes a deep, relieved breath, feeling a sense of connection to her fellow journalists all those years ago, as they boarded helicopters halfway around the world to escape the Viet Cong.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Mass opposition and a coup briefly deposed him, but after three days under guard on a military island, he helicoptered back to Caracas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026

Instead, they recommended that Nusslock be helicoptered to UC San Francisco for an abortion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2024

I could not see anything and I was helicoptered out, before spending two weeks in a coma in an army hospital in Kabul.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2024

On the couple’s 10-year anniversary, they helicoptered to the emperor penguin colony on Snow Hill Island, then to a tubular iceberg where the client finally proposed.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2023

It meant sitting quietly in your desk chair while your best friend is helicoptered off for emergency eye surgery.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

Wainschel, a vice president at an automotive marketing technology company, says he doesn’t think his outreach qualifies as helicoptering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

After helicoptering to the compound in Pakistan, O’Neill said he and other SEALs reached a third-floor bedroom where bin Laden was.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

He tumbled out of bounds at nearly 60 miles per hour, his skis helicoptering into the netting on one side of the slope.

From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2021

“Your moral stature is actually enhanced the more persecuted you are or want to be. It’s a generation of overparenting, protecting children from every conceivable harm, helicoptering over them and infantilizing them.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 2021

A few fall, helicoptering down to the forest floor.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz