Because of the difficult terrain, deputies determined they could not safely move the suspect and requested a helicopter hoist. SnoHawk 5 crews returned to Taylor’s Landing to retrieve SnoHawk 10.

SO IT’S THE JOB OF THE HOIST OPERATOR. WHILE STANDING OUTSIDE THE HELICOPTER ON THE SKIDS TO BE LOOKING DOWN AND TELLING THE THE PILOT WHERE TO GO. HOISTING IS THE MOST DANGEROUS THING YOU CAN ...

Recovery crews using a waterborne crane began raising the wreckage of an airliner from the icy Potomac River on Monday as divers, engineers, pathologists and others worked to account for still ...

On Saturday, Feb. 8 - weather permitting - the helicopter will perform five separate lifts. Beginning at 6:30 a.m., the closures are as follows: Liberty Ave. will be between Smithfield St. & Grant ...

Six days after the plane and an Army helicopter collided in a fiery crash that left no survivors, a red crane lifted what appeared to be a chunk of the jet out of the water. The snarled metal ...

Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on the midair collision of a passenger jet and helicopter near Washington, D.C., for Monday, Feb. 3. For the latest news, view our story for Tuesday ...

The new helicopter and hoist simulator, located at McClellan Air Base, offers hands-on training without the real-world risks. "It did feel really realistic," said Captain Matt Lane of the ...

"Due to the difficult terrain, deputies were not able to safely move the suspect and requested a helicopter hoist," the news release said. "SnoHawk5 returned to Taylor’s Landing to retrieve ...

An aircraft engine and the fuselage belonging to American Airlines Flight 5432 were lifted out of the Potomac River on Monday, beginning the complex job of removing the last of the wreckage after ...