helicopter
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Federal aircraft records show the helicopter was manufactured by German company Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
ZBC reported that the group was travelling from Gandami in Chikomba, where Chivayo and his wife were building a rural home, when the helicopter crashed at Kudenga Farm about 40 minutes after take-off.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
It was not immediately known who owned the helicopter, Torres said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Prominent Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his wife have been killed in a helicopter crash that left six people dead, his family have confirmed.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
There was a helicopter somewhere right above them, but they couldn’t see it in the snowstorm.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Poor weather has hampered rescue efforts, with helicopters and rescue teams unable to reach the site.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Airports rely on birds of prey to drive out smaller birds that might collide with planes and helicopters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
That is to stay above police helicopters, under commercial flights, and still have enough space in case they need to perform an emergency autorotation procedure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Although news helicopters are touted as a cornerstone of local news broadcasts, the aircraft are owned and operated by third-party companies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The palace towers weren’t so round as the ones in the movie, and the real castle had helicopters.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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
Well, it will not be be helicoptered from one stadium to the other when the final whistle blows.
From BBC ● May 18, 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
Jedda-Boy was talking about how once when he lived in Nevada, he got helicoptered to a secret location to measure some land.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
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
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