Helicopter wire strikes

Helicopters that struck wires, poles or towers - aerial application, utility patrol, news, medical and law enforcement flights among them. Many of these helicopters were working close to the lines on purpose.

More collections

• Tail rotor trouble Rotor failures and loss of tail rotor effectiveness: when a helicopter can no longer stop itself spinning.
• Dark, cloudy and cold Occurrences at night, in instrument conditions, in the winter months of their own hemisphere.
• Ditchings Deliberate landings on water, and what came after.
• Hijackings Aircraft seized in flight, from the 1960s hijacking wave onward.