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Airbus pushes for stake in U.S.-led German helicopter project

AirbusurgedtheGermangovernmentonWednesdaytoensuredomesticfirmsgetabigshareofanear4-billion-eurocontractearmarkedforthecountry'snextgenerationofheavy-liftmilitar

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Eight rescuer crews killed in Indonesia helicopter crash

ByAPDWriterMaverick\JAKARTA,July3(APD)–EightcrewsofIndonesia’sNationalSearchandRescueAgency(Basarnas)werekilledinacrashofahelicopteroperatedbytheagencywhentheyw

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ISIL says it shot down Syrian military jet in NE Syria

ISILclaimedonSundayithasshotdownahelicopterinDeirez-ZorDistrictinnortheasternSyria,CCTV’sXuDezhireported.ISILreleasedavideopurportedlyshowingaSyrianarmyMI-8heli

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Venezuela hunts for helicopter pilot behind 'terrorist' attack

VenezuelaofficialscontinuethemanhuntforthesuspectbehindthehelicopterattackontheInteriorMinistryandSupremeCourtbuildinginCaracas.Thehelicopterwasallegedlypiloted

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Venezuela President calls Supreme Court attack a "terror attack"

ApolicehelicopterattackedtheVenezuelaSupremeCourtinCaracasinwhatPresidentNicolasMadurocondemnedasa"terroristattack."Twogrenadesweretossedatthebuildingbutfailedt

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Chopper crashes in northern India, 1 killed

AhelicoptercarryingpilgrimsSaturdaycrashedinthenorthernIndianstateofUttarakhandduringtake-off,killingacrewmemberandinjuringthetwopilotsonboard,aseniorpoliceoffi

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Three killed after civil helicopter crashed in Taiwan

AllofthreepeopleonboardacivilhelicopterwereconfirmeddeadafteritcrashednearaportinFengbin,Taiwan'sHualien,accordingtolocalauthorities.Thehelicoptercrashedataroun

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Chinese-made Z-19E military helicopter takes maiden flight

A Chinese-made military helicopter, known as Z-19E, has taken its maiden flight in Harbin, the capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.

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No survivors after Japanese government rescue helicopter crashes in mountainous Nagano

There appear to be no survivors among the nine members of a rescue squad whose helicopter crashed on a drill over the weekend after police said on Monday that the final six bodies recovered showed no signs of life.

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Russian civil helicopter crashes, casualties unknown

A Russian civil helicopter crashed on Sunday night on the Teletskoye Lake in the country's Altai Republic, with members aboard still missing, RIA Novosti agency reported quoting the emergency services.

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Civil-military integration lifts China's helicopter industry

​China's helicopter industry is gearing up to become a global power with a national strategy of civil-military integration, according to state-owned helicopter giant Avicopter.

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21 die, 3 rescued in MI-8 helicopter crash landing in Russia's Siberia

Twenty-one people died and three others were rescued after an MI-8 helicopter crash-landed in Russian Siberia's Yamal Peninsula due to poor weather conditions.

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Helicopter crash kills 3 near Moscow

A Mi-8 helicopter of Russian Ministry for Emergency Situation and Civil Defense crashed southeast of Moscow Wednesday evening, killing all three crew members on board, officials announced.

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Army gets advanced, new combat helicopters

The People's Liberation Army has equipped all of its ground force aviation units with advanced WZ-10 combat helicopters, according to PLA media.

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5 killed as Russian military chopper shot down in Syria: Kremlin

All five people on board a Russian military helicopter that was shot down over Syria on Monday (Aug 1) are believed to have died, the Kremlin said.

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Mechanical failure, bad weather possible causes of helicopter crash in Moldova: official

​Technical malfunction or bad weather could be the causes of the crash of a Romanian medevac helicopter in Moldova, said Moldova's first deputy Prosecutor General Eduard Harunjen late Thursday.