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Helicopter crashes at Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, FAA says
Read full article: Helicopter crashes at Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, FAA saysA helicopter crashed at the Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville on Sunday afternoon, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Crew recovering submerged helicopter in Lake Apopka finds another helicopter
Read full article: Crew recovering submerged helicopter in Lake Apopka finds another helicopterA private company retrieving a helicopter that fell in Lake Apopka Tuesday found another one Wednesday morning, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
Florida man arrested after shining laser at Volusia County Sheriff’s helicopter
Read full article: Florida man arrested after shining laser at Volusia County Sheriff’s helicopterEDGEWATER, Fla. – An Edgewater man accused of pointing a laser at the Volusia Sheriff’s Office Air One helicopter is now facing a felony charge. The pilot told investigators this blinded him for around three to five minutes, describing the incident like having a flashbulb going off in front of his eye, according to a Volusia County Sheriff’s Office report. [ARREST VIDEO: Edgewater man temporarily blinds Volusia County pilot with laser, deputies say]Once the vessel was docked, officers got three men out of the boat. In the arrest video, Hutton told them he had a green laser pointer and is heard telling authorities he thought the helicopter was a drone. Hutton was taken to the Volusia County Branch Jail, where he posted a $5,000 bond.