A contractor and subcontractor working on powerlines died when their helicopter hit utility lines, crashed into a barge, ...

Emergency officials were responding to a fatal helicopter crash Aug. 7 in a section of the Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois, according to transportation officials and local media. ...

According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), a Hughes 369D helicopter struck transmission lines over the river and crashed into the barge at 11:05 a.m. The barge then caught fire. Two ...

Two people died after a helicopter struck power lines and crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River near Alton.