Investigators found main rotor impact marks next to a tail boom that separated from a helicopter just before a crash near Dallas, the National Transportation Safety Board reported Thursday. In a ...

A PASSENGER who had been seated in the rear of a Bell 407 helicopter was killed May 22 when he was struck by the main rotor blade upon exiting the aircraft. The National Transportation Safety ...

Local News NTSB: Main rotor blade made contact with tail before deadly helicopter crash in Rowlett The Robinson R44 helicopter crash killed a flight instructor and a student pilot on March 25, 2022.

A European company has invented noise-canceling helicopter blades that virtually eliminate the loud air chopping that gives choppers their nickname.

Ground trials of fiber-optic-based rotor blade sensing technology could lead to flight trials in the coming years.

Investigators determined the official cause of the crash of the Bell 222U helicopter was "main rotor blade separation while maneuvering for unknown reasons. A factor was the dark night condition." ...