Helicopters

Sao Paulo's millionaires use helicopters to avoid traffic jams

26 Apr 2013

Model turned business mogul Cozete Gomes owns eight companies and does not really have time to be stuck in Sao Paulo's epic traffic jams. So she just flies over them.

3:21AM

Home of Indian ex-air force chief Tyagi raided in Finmeccanica probe

13 Mar 2013

Detectives raided the home of India’s former air force chief on Wednesday as part of an investigation into alleged bribes paid to secure a US$748 million contract for 12 Italian helicopters.

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Briefs, December 28, 2012

28 Dec 2012

Doctors in Singapore battled yesterday to save the life of an Indian student horrifically injured in a gang-rape after she was dramatically airlifted overnight from a hospital in New Delhi. Medics...

2:14AM

Briefs, November 11, 2012

11 Nov 2012

Two killed as Israel retaliates in Gaza

6:38AM

Sky shuttle hits bump over disruption, tax

5 Sep 2011

Sky Shuttle, whose services have been disrupted by the grounding of some of its helicopters, is facing an acute increase in operating costs next year that may force the operator out of business...

6:42PM

Safety fears over helicopter crashes

5 Sep 2011

Five accidents involving AgustaWestland139 helicopters around the world this year have renewed safety concerns about their continuing use in Hong Kong and Macau.

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Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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3:37AM

Unsound advice

Last weekend, Sai Kung Country Park was buzzed on both Saturday and Sunday by a helicopter kitted out with a loudspeaker. From this loudspeaker came a message, but what that was - a Lunar New Year...

8:17AM

Speeding engine led helicopter to ditch

An engine on a Government Flying Services helicopter that ditched in the Shing Mun Reservoir last month failed because an engine was turning too fast, according to a preliminary accident...

9:18AM

Mainland helicopter market gets set for lift-off but barriers remain

The prospect of ferrying deep-pocketed mainland businessmen by helicopter to their villas in Hainan, or flying high rollers to casinos in Macau, is giving a lift to the mainland's aviation...

8:11PM

Searchers find tail parts of downed helicopter

Parts of the broken tail section of the Macau-bound helicopter that ditched in Victoria Harbour on July 3 have been recovered by investigators.

6:02AM

Bird strike could be to blame for helicopter's harbour plunge

A bird strike might be one issue investigators will look into when they investigate the emergency landing of a Macau-bound helicopter in Victoria Harbour on Saturday.

2:51PM

The sky's the limit

University student Frank Wang Tao spends most of his leisure time with model helicopters, and one of his hi-tech creations this summer pulled off the world's first unmanned flight around Mount...

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