A sightseeing tour turned to tragedy in New York City and has raised questions about the safety of helicopter tourism across the United States.

The F.A.A. allows many of these popular flights to operate under less stringent rules than other commercial aviation, opening ...

But helicopters don’t have all the strict ... The agency released that report after determining a 2019 crash in Hawaii might have been preventable had the FAA implemented a series of prior ...

Jesuits of Sant Ignasi, a school in Barcelona, Spain, mourned the three children and their parents who died on a helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River off New York City earlier this week. The ...

In contrast, sightseeing helicopter crashes, like the one in 2019 in Hawaii, drew much less national attention. The fact that such few incidents occur is indicative of how safe helicopter travel ...

The contrast between airplane flight and helicopter flight may give some the impression that helicopters are less safe. Yet the data does not support this perception.

But Thursday’s crash that killed a family of five visiting from Spain and the helicopter’s pilot, a Navy SEAL veteran, has renewed concerns about the safety of the popular sightseeing excursions.

Last week’s fatal crash involving a sightseeing helicopter in New York was the latest in a string of similar disasters.

NEW YORK (Gray News) - Authorities in New York say an investigation is underway after a sightseeing helicopter crashed in the Hudson River on Thursday. The New York City Police Department reported ...