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Hawaii: Deadly Coast Guard Helicopter Crash AP Sep 6 2008: Rescuers searched for a missing crew member from a Coast Guard helicopter that crashed off Oahu, killing the three others on board. The helicopter went down while conducting search and rescue drills with... Lost Guardsmen seen as helpers SB Sep 7 2008: The search for the missing pilot of a crashed Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopter is expected to continue at least through this morning. "We'll continue while there's a chance of survival," said Rear Adm. Mason K. Brown, the commander of the Coast Guard district. The search area extends 40 miles off shore and stretches 35 miles from Barbers Point to Diamond Head and Coast Guard air crews from Northern California and Alaska have flown to Hawaii to help. The wives of two crew members remembered them as loving husbands who dedicated their lives to helping others....
 Kauai Helicopter Tour Safety in Question Following Two Crashes Two recent helicopter crashes on Kauai and a February 2007 NTSB report raise serious issues of the safety of Kauai helicopter tours.... Hawaii: Kauai helicopter crash kills 4 - LA Times Mar 9, 2007 ... A tour helicopter crashed at an airport on the island of Kauai on Thursday, killing four people, including the pilot, and critically ... Helicopter Crashes Prompts Concern - NY Times A HIGH rate of fatal and near-fatal accidents has prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to take a closer look at rules governing the air tour industry..... Did you know.... that there are more than 11,000 civil helicopters operating in the U.S.A. and that helicopters are fundamentally safer than most airplanes? And that they routinely save lives? If a helicopter's engine stops, the rotor blade continues to spin allowing the aircraft to gently land, generally without crashing to the ground. Today's helicopters are not more difficult to fly than many types of fixed wing aircraft. Helicopters can slow down, stop and/or fly backwards or sideways in bad weather. Over 3 million lives have been saved by helicopters since the first person was rescued from the sea more than 50 years ago. Police and emergency rescue helicopters transport about 15,000 patients in the United States annually saving thousands of lives. |
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