Helicopters are uniquely designed to offer benefits in the areas of emergency medicine, search and rescue, and firefighting, to name a few. While versatile, because helicopters do frequently fly and ...
TOLEDO, Ohio — To help prevent summer power outages, FirstEnergy is conducting aerial inspections across nearly 5,000 miles of high-voltage power lines using infrared and ultraviolet technology. The ...
Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., is using a helicopter equipped with an aerial saw to trim trees and ensure proper clearance around more than 400 miles of ...
A docked barge burned on the Mississippi River near Alton, Ill., on Aug. 7 after a utility helicopter working on an Ameren Illinois power project struck a line and crashed onto the vessel, killing two ...
Nebraska Public Power District crews will use a helicopter to deliver power pole structures north of Lexington starting this week in an effort to rebuild a damaged transmission line. Starting the week ...
The crash, which happened north of St. Louis, closed a bridge into Illinois. A witness said it “just disintegrated” after coming in contact with a power line. By Aimee Ortiz and Rylee Kirk A utility ...
WEST ALTON, Missouri — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a preliminary report on the fatal helicopter crash on the Mississippi River on Aug. 7. In the report, the NTSB details a ...
Two people were killed Thursday after the helicopter they were in struck power lines crossing the Mississippi River and crashed onto a barge below, police said. The accident happened around 11 a.m. as ...