PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s Republican governor has OK’d a federal request to send a National Guard helicopter with two pilots to the U.S.-Mexico border. Gov. Paul LePage’s office said the team will support Customs and Border Patrol in Arizona from July through September. LePage’s office said Maine will fly the helicopter but won’t be involved […]
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Helicopter tour company expands to Portland to offer tours of Casco Bay
The first service to offer regular helicopter tours of Casco Bay is expected to launch at the Portland International Jetport this month. “We were looking for ways to grow the business and Portland came to mind,” said Bruce Cultrera, president and CEO of Portsmouth-based Seacoast Helicopters. “It’s beautiful, it’s gorgeous, it is a population center […]
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Five passengers die when NYC helicopter crashes into East River
NEW YORK (AP) — A helicopter crashed into New York City’s East River Sunday night and flipped upside down in the water, killing all five passengers aboard, officials said. A spokesman for the NYPD confirmed the deaths to The Associated Press early Monday. Video taken by a bystander and posted on Twitter shows the red […]
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Helicopter spills large batteries on Ragged Mountain
ROCKPORT — A helicopter carrying six large lead acid batteries to a Verizon cellphone tower atop Ragged Mountain spilled its payload sometime Tuesday, causing most to explode and some to catch on fire on the slopes. A responder from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection went to the scene Tuesday and Wednesday, finally locating the […]
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Maine bear researcher recounts helicopter crash
ISLAND FALLS — Lisa Bates knows her recurring, nagging thought makes little sense. She’s lucky to be alive, after all. She survived a helicopter crash. She dragged the injured pilot out of the wreckage, then hiked out of dense woods to find help. She is, some might say, a hero. Still, she keeps thinking of […]
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Passenger in Burnham helicopter crash out of hospital
BURNHAM (AP) — A Unity College researcher hurt when the helicopter she was in crashed during an aerial search for a bear in Burnham has been released from the hospital. George Matula, an associate professor at Unity and the bear study’s project leader, identified the woman as 27-year-old Lisa Bates, the assistant project leader. Authorities […]
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Two injured in Burnham helicopter crash
BURNHAM — Two people were seriously injured when their helicopter crashed in the woods Wednesday evening, according to police. The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department received a call at 6:39 p.m. Wednesday of a Schweizer 300C helicopter that crashed in a heavily wooded area approximately a quarter-mile off Winnecook Road, Sgt. Dale Brown said in a […]