He searched until the controlling Search and Rescue agency ordered an evacuation of the rescue crew. On the second sortie, Airman Hackney located the downed pilot, who was hoisted into the helicopter. As the rescue crew departed the area, intense and accurate 37-mm. flak tore into the ...
Today, helicopters are used to carry persons and goods, for defence purposes, civil engineering, fire-fighting, search and rescue, tourism, patient care, criminal prosecution, farming, intelligence and communications, and air surveillance. After the Chernobyl atomic catastrophe in 1986, the biggest in...
“Please join Heidi and me in praying for all involved as the search and rescue is underway,” Cruz said. American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said in a video that the airline was “cooperating fully” with authorities and the NTSB’s investigation. “Anything we can do now, we’re doing. ...
Helicopter parenting, the practice of wandering anxiously near one’s children, monitoring their every activity, is so 20th century. Some rich mothers and fathers now are more like snowplows: machines moving ahead, clearing any difficulties in their children’s path to success, so they don’t ...
While the precise level of incidence is hard to determine, Brandi Britton, district president for Office Team, confirms parental involvement is a reasonably common phenomenon. “As a staffing firm, it’s not uncommon for us to encounter helicopter parents in the job search,” Britton says,...
There have been conflicting reports among Iranian state media about whether the helicopter has been found following a frantic search mission. The president is still missing hours after the crash and there is no confirmation they are close to finding Raisi. It has led to fears that his death cou...
But in an unusual move, the name of the third soldier is not being released for now at the family’s request, the Army said. The FAA on Friday barred helicopters from flying over a roughly 6-mile (10-kilometer) str...
Joe was a great pilot and tour guide, made me feel comfortable (I’m not a big fan of heights or rollercoasters) – safety briefing was short but clear, even with some jokes. Joe he answered all my questions, was the perfect guide at every viewpoint, ...
So I fired up Duck Duck Go — my current search engine of choice; don’t get me started on Google — and put in the monitor’s model number: U2723QE. Of course, Amazon appeared at the top of the search results, but I ignored it. I figured that I’d buy it at B&H, which is...
At least 41 bodies – 28 of those remains identified – have been recovered from the murky depths of the Potomac, with near-zero visibility in the water and other difficult conditions hampering the search effort. The plane’s fuselage will need to be removed so the remaining bodies can be ...