helicopter
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The National Transportation Safety Board report, released Tuesday, said the Airbus AS350 B2 helicopter maneuvered above a collision involving an SUV and an L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
About 7:55 p.m., data show the helicopter rapidly descending while turning right, according to the report.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The injured from the Royad Mammadov were rescued by a helicopter, authorities said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Parents today are confronted by parenting styles including "helicopter parenting", which is focused on closely monitoring and protecting children from harm, and "tiger parenting", which involves strict parenting and high expectations for achievement.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Anxious to stabilize the spent fuel pools, operators ran four more helicopter flights on the evening of March 17, but radiation levels above the reactors were still too high.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
The president would typically make the trip by air, but conditions prevented planes and helicopters from landing in Oklahoma.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 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
The force said helicopters from the Coastguard and the Wales Air Ambulance were at the scene close to RAF Valley on the island.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Marine Corps and a helicopter accident investigation instructor for USC’s Aviation Safety and Security Program, said news helicopters will often spend time hovering over an incident, sometimes at a low altitude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Two other helicopters appear, filling the air with even more dust, so the visibility on the ground drops to a foot or two, if that.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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
“Here’s the bottom line: When my predecessor got covid, he had to get helicoptered to Walter Reed,” Biden said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2022
It meant sitting quietly in your desk chair while your best friend is helicoptered off for emergency eye surgery.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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
Or in a game this season against Denver, when he lunged toward the goal line, absorbing multiple hits to the chest and helmet before helicoptering into the end zone.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2020
A few fall, helicoptering down to the forest floor.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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