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Watch: 5 Hospitalized As Helicopter Suffers Catastrophic Rotor Failure, Slams Into California Building
12 Oct 2025 14:35 GMT
… 222SP helicopter that experienced a tail rotor failure ahead of a "Cars … , California.
Several eyewitnesses captured the tail rotor failure that led to the mid …
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Tail rotor of helicopter that made emergency landing in Montco found nearby
20 May 2025 23:07 GMT
… helicopter's tail rotor as a possible failure that could have caused … told CBS News Philadelphia the tail rotor was found at a … if a helicopter loses its tail rotor, aka the anti-torque … have been a metal fatigue failure or a maintenance problem.
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NTSB Cites Faulty T-bolt Install in Tail Rotor Failure
05 May 2025 14:41 GMT
NTSB Cites Faulty T-bolt Install in Tail Rotor Failure
No injuries reported after the air ambulance accident
A diagram of the installation of the T-bolt and associated attachment hardware onto the pitch change slider © Courtesy of Airbus, modified by NTSB
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Schoolboy, 11, crushed by helicopter that smashed into ground at world-famous US landmark
23 Oct 2025 01:42 GMT
… thought the helicopter suffered a tail rotor failure before hitting the ground.
The …
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Boy, 11, suffers horrific brain bleed after helicopter fell out of the sky and crushed him
22 Oct 2025 21:33 GMT
… helicopter appeared to suffer a tail rotor failure before its ultimate descent
His … aircraft appeared to suffer a tail rotor failure before plummeting from the sky …
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Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the football club owner who made dreams come true
22 Oct 2025 01:32 GMT
… air, the helicopter experienced a tail rotor failure and crashed into the stadium …
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Operation Ivory Soap: The WWII Experiment That Created Modern Helicopter Combat Missions
21 Oct 2025 22:04 GMT
… arrangement eliminated Carle's tail rotor control, but he delivered the … passenger. The method risked blade failure and engine damage, but it …
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The powerful tilt-wing XC-142A was your granddaddy’s Osprey
21 Oct 2025 18:09 GMT
… connected to a three-bladed tail rotor. This system allowed all five … was controlled by a separate tail rotor mounted horizontally instead of vertically … in 1967, a driveshaft failure to the tail rotor caused an unrecoverable nose …
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Rotor brake failure left parked H175’s blades exposed to wind damage: AAIB
22 May 2025 15:50 GMT
An Airbus Helicopters H175 parked on an oil platform had four main rotor blades snapped off in strong winds after a malfunctioning rotor brake left the crew unable to tie down the still-rotating blades, UK investigators have disclosed.
Although no-one was …
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NYC helicopter crash looks like a “catastrophic failure,” Chopper 2’s Dan Rice says
11 Apr 2025 13:27 GMT
… video point to a “catastrophic failure of the aircraft.”
Witnesses saw … can tell you is the tail rotor is what keeps the helicopter …