helicopter crash
Chopper going down
A helicopter crash is an aviation accident in which a helicopter strikes the ground, water, or another object, typically with catastrophic results.
The phrase functions as both a description of the event and a news category: Three killed in helicopter crash near downtown.
Unlike fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters can fail in distinctive ways—autorotation failures, tail rotor malfunctions, vortex ring states—making helicopter crashes a distinct subset of aviation disasters.
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- rotorSpinning mechanical assembly
- tail rotorRear-mounted stabilizing propeller
- bladeFlat cutting edge
impact · mechanical failure · engine failure · rescue · search and rescue · air ambulance · survivors · next of kin · flames · smoke · descent · going down · mayday · emergency · pilot · fuselage · burning · plunge
- accidentsaccident, car accident, bike accident, mishap, traffic accident
- wreckagedebris, wreckage, rubble, remains, remnants
helicopter crashsafe landing
smooth landing · soft landing · emergency landing · hard landing · touchdown
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