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On 8 September 2024, a Bell UH-1H helicopter operated by the Salvadoran Air Force that was flying from Choluteca in Honduras to San Salvador crashed in the Pasaquina municipality of La Unión Department, El Salvador.
On January 17, 2018, a Bell UH-1H Iroquois helicopter of Sapphire Aviation crashed near Raton, New Mexico, United States. Five of the six people on board were killed. The sole survivor was in serious condition.
The Bell UH-1 Iroquois (nicknamed "Huey") is a utility military helicopter designed and produced by the American aerospace company Bell Helicopter. It is the first member of the prolific Huey family , as well as the first turbine-powered helicopter in service with the United States military .
Long before the Vietnam conflict had ended, the “Huey” (its original Army designation was HU-1A, for Helicopter, Utility, Model 1A) was probably the most recognizable helicopter in the world ...
Between 1966 and 1971, one Army helicopter was lost for every 7.9 sorties—564 pilots, 1,155 crewmen, and 682 passengers were killed in accidents alone. More Hueys were downed in Vietnam than...
17 sie 2018 · Thanks in large part to the helicopter’s numerous appearances on the silver screen, it is now difficult to picture the Vietnam War without seeing the UH-1 Iroquois – better known as the Huey. Here are six facts about it.
27 sie 2024 · The June 22, 2022, crash of a Bell Helicopter UH-1B in Amherstdale, West Virginia, occurred after the rotorcraft hit powerlines during an attempted forced landing after a loss of engine power. Investigators determined the loss of power was due to the failure of an engine component.
