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3 crew members dead after medical helicopter crashes near Owenton, Kentucky
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3 crew members dead after medical helicopter crashes near Owenton, Kentucky

  • Updated Oct 8, 2024

It happened about 6 p.m. off East Highway 22 in Owenton, about 80 miles east of Louisville.

LMPD chief asks for $238 million in city budget, including money for new helicopter
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LMPD chief asks for $238 million in city budget, including money for new helicopter

  • Richard Essex
  • Updated May 23, 2024

Louisville Metro Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel told the Council Public Safety Committee Wednesday evening that the department's current helicopter is so old, they can't buy parts for it.

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ICYMI NASA Mars Helicopter "No Longer Capable of Flight"
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ICYMI NASA Mars Helicopter "No Longer Capable of Flight"

  • Hannah Strong
  • Updated Feb 14, 2024

In case you missed it, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars is "no longer capable of flight." After a flight on January 18, Ingenuity sent images back to Earth showing damage to "one or more" of the rotor blades making additional flights impossible.

First Flight Grounded by Weather on Another Planet
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First Flight Grounded by Weather on Another Planet

  • Hannah Strong
  • Updated Jan 29, 2022

Ingenuity, the Mars helicopter that has been taking flights from the Red Planet since February 2021, was grounded last week because of weather. 

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Mars Helicopter to Fly Monday
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Mars Helicopter to Fly Monday

  • Hannah Strong
  • Updated Apr 18, 2021

After a couple of delays last week, the Mars Helicopter is scheduled to attempt its first flight Monday morning!

FBI arrests 26-year-old accused of pointing laser at Louisville police helicopter
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FBI arrests 26-year-old accused of pointing laser at Louisville police helicopter

  • Updated Sep 25, 2020

Manuel Martin Salazarleija was arrested Friday on a charge of aiming a laser at an aircraft.

Military helicopter shot at over Virginia, injuring a crew member
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Military helicopter shot at over Virginia, injuring a crew member

  • By Barbara Starr and Zachary Cohen | CNN
  • Updated Aug 12, 2020

The UH-1N was flying 10 miles northwest of Manassas on a routine training mission at an altitude of 1,000 feet when the incident occurred.

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IMAGES | Norton Children's Hospital unveils brand new $12 million helicopter
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IMAGES | Norton Children's Hospital unveils brand new $12 million helicopter

  • Updated May 28, 2019

The chopper will be used to transport critically ill patients from communities throughout Kentucky and Indiana to the hospital.

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