This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — A high altitude rescue ...

A high-altitude rescue effort involving multiple agencies and five helicopters unfolded over two days on the second-highest mountain in both the Sierra Nevada range and the state of California. On the ...

A skier survived an 800-foot fall while skiing a steep, exposed couloir in the Eastern Sierra Nevada on Saturday, prompting a high-altitude helicopter rescue, according to officials. The accident ...

In terms of general cruising altitude, the California Aeronautical University reports that a jet airliner will typically cruise at an altitude of up to 42,000 feet. For an Airbus A320 and A321, for ...

The Indian Air Force deployed Mi-17V5 helicopters to drop 12,000 litres of water on a major wildfire in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lohit Valley, battling flames in rarefied high-altitude terrain.

The pilots of a Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet near Washington Reagan National Airport in January likely didn’t know how high they were flying or how close they were to an ...

Washington (CNN) — A firefighting helicopter crew’s decision to fly an altitude higher than they were cleared for and the subsequent rapid descent led to the deaths of three people in a midair ...