helicopter crash

Two New York Army National Guard Soldiers, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Casey Frankoski and Chief Warrant Officer 2 John M. Grassia III, tragically lost their lives in a helicopter crash near Rio Grande City, Texas, while flying over the U.S.-Mexico border. The incident, which occurred on a Friday afternoon, also claimed the life of a […]

Kobe Bryant’s widow Vanessa Bryant won her lawsuit against Los Angeles County. A court order will force the county sheriff and fire chief to answer questions under oath about photos of her dead husband and daughter. A U.S. Magistrate Judge granted Vanessa Bryant’s request to compel the pretrial deposition testimony of L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and […]

National Transportation Safety Board investigators released news that the pilot in the helicopter crash involving NBA star Kobe Bryant was likely spatially disoriented in poor weather. NTSB chairman Robert Sumwalt also noted that the pilot, Ara Zobayan, had violated flight standards. All nine people on board died in the crash, including Bryant and his 13-year-old […]

Emergency crews are still sifting through the wreckage 2 days after the fatal crash of a U.S. Army Reserve Blackhawk helicopter crash in Mendon. Investigators and their working dogs spent yesterday looking across the field for clues that could tell us what went wrong in those final moments. Mark Kokinda witnessed the crash from his […]

Last night around 6:30, a Blackhawk helicopter belonging to the National Guard crashed into a farmers field in Mendon. Witnesses reported hearing sputtering sounds before seeing the chopper flying low to the ground. According to Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter parts of the helicopter were on fire in the field and when first responders got […]