Sentences with phrase «door helicopter flights»

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The crash revived calls for helicopter tours to be restricted over Manhattan and raised questions about the safety of amateurs being allowed on so - called photo flights, in which people are strapped in to helicopters with their doors off and given only knives to escape in an emergency.

Eric Adams, an aviation journalist and photographer who was assigned to a different flight at the same time, said some of the passengers on the helicopter that crashed were dressed in light jackets, having apparently never been told by the tour company how cold it could get with the doors open and rotors spinning above.

It's nearly impossible to describe the sheer beauty of the vast delta and the unique perspective a flight in a low - flying helicopter, doors off, affords of the wildlife - packed landscapes that is often referred to as Africa's Eden.

The order affected «several dozen» national helicopter tour companies offering doors - off flights, the FAA said.

Enjoy a thrilling flight by open - door helicopter to see the very best of Oahu!

BIG ISLAND AIR conducts night flights, and PARADISE HELICOPTERS flies over the volcano in a chopper without doors, while BLUE HAWAIIAN HELICOPTERS and other providers offer equal excitement.