helicopter

Example Sentences

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The sight of the newborn and her mother being winched to safety by helicopter amid the deluged landscape became one of the defining images of the Mozambique floods of 2000 – the country's worst ever.

From BBC

He said he flies a helicopter three days a week and a plane five, with a preference for his collection of vintage World War II aircraft.

From The Wall Street Journal

Last January, his parents were among those killed after an American Airlines plane from Kansas carrying 64 people onboard collided with a military helicopter, manned by three personnel.

From BBC

People involved in the seizure of Bella 1 said Russian military vessels were talking to the tanker’s crew as it was being captured by American special forces coming on board down ropes from helicopters.

From The Wall Street Journal

They lost their lives in a mid-air collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter in Washington that killed 67, with 28 of the dead being members of the figure skating community.

From Barron's