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The Aerocool Rescue Helicopter Completes 568 Life-Saving Missions In 2024, 10% Increase On 2023 Missions
The Aerocool Rescue Helicopter has concluded another successful year, carrying out a total of 568 missions in 2024. That’s almost a 10% increase on the number of missions performed in 2023.
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Alaska rescue units had a hell of week: 3 planes, 2 countries and 1 stuck helicopter
Photo by Simon Blakesley The Guard’s 210th Rescue Squadron launched an HH-60 helicopter — a Black Hawk modified for rescue with long-range gas tanks and a hoist — carrying two pararescue ...
Irish Examiner5d
Coast Guard helicopter crew appeals for clarity amid 'uncertainty' over transfer of services
One of the country’s four Irish Coast Guard search and rescue helicopter crews has made a public plea to find out what is happening to their rescue service on Friday. The crew of Rescue ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation6d
Climbers rescued from top of Totem Pole on Tasman Peninsula after ropes became tangled
"Initial attempts to rescue the climbers by helicopter with deployment of a vertical rescue team was aborted due to high winds." Police said they worked with the Climbers Club of Tasmania's ...
The Daily Telegraph4d
The RAF cancer scandal that killed Prince William’s flying instructor
Prince William pictured at the helm of a Sea King helicopter during a training exercise in 2011 Credit: PA Wire Among those to fly them was Prince William himself, who piloted search and rescue ...
KRCR News Channel 73d
Search and Rescue team hones rescue skills with helicopter training on Table Mountain
BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. — Saturday morning, February 15 the Butte County Sheriff's Search and Rescue (BCSSR) conducted helicopter rescue training on Table Mountain. BCSSR said the training helps ...
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Tennessee Aquatic Rescue Team Upgrades Helicopters
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee’s Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team continues to strengthen its lifesaving capabilities with advancements in aviation technology, including a recent upgrade to the UH ...
CNN4d
Black Hawk helicopter’s altimeter may have been inaccurate, pilots may have missed some calls from control tower
A preliminary analysis of the flight data and voice recorder on board a Black Hawk helicopter leading up to the collision with a commercial flight over Washington, DC, on January 29, indicated the ...
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Lower Hutt residents spooked by mysterious helicopters flying overhead
Residents in Lower Hutt were spooked on Wednesday night as helicopters buzzed over the suburbs with no ... Airforce had been doing some joint training exercises for Search and Rescue in recent days, ...
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Just before DC crash Army helicopter may not have heard order to go behind jet: NTSB
WASHINGTON -- The crew of the Army helicopter that collided in midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan National Airport may have had inaccurate altitude readings ...
The Gazette3d
Fort Collins Rescue Mission to expand to new state of the art campus
Fort Collins Rescue Mission, with its 89-bed capacity, had to turn away those seeking shelter 1,247 times in 2024 alone due to a lack of capacity. But rejections at the door like that ...