particularly involving the rotor blades and tail rotor. He notes that with no lift generated from the blades, the pilot had no control, and the severe weather conditions during the rescue added ...

The only thing I know by watching a video of the helicopter falling down, that the main rotor blades weren't on the helicopter. And I haven't seen anything like that in my 30 years being in ...

“Remember that the rotor blades on a helicopter, the big ones on the top, are both the wing of the helicopter and the propellor of the helicopter,” Wolk said. “If you lose the main rotor ...

The chopper tipped on its side, and its spinning rotor blades killed four people — including film director Michael Findlay — and injured a fifth. A broken piece of blade fell down to the ...

The only evidence at this point in the investigation is eyewitness accounts and bystander video, both of which suggest that the helicopter’s rotor blades – and maybe even the entire assembly ...