An “unsecured” penguin caused a helicopter to crash in South Africa after it leapt out of a cardboard box onto another passenger’s lap, then jumped onto the controls during take-off. The bird was ...

A penguin inside a cardboard box caused a helicopter crash in South Africa earlier this year, according to authorities. On Jan. 19, a pilot and three passengers transported a penguin back from ...

Spread the loveIn South Africa, a pilot and three passengers were lucky to have survived uninjured after their helicopter crashed from a low altitude. According to BBCNews, the South African Civil ...

An “unsecured” penguin kept in a cardboard box has been identified as the reason for a helicopter crash in South Africa. The ...

An unsecured cardboard box holding a penguin caused the mishap, the South African Civil Aviation Authority's incident report said. The pilot and passengers were conducting an aerial survey flight ...

GQEBERHA, South Africa (WKRC) - A routine aerial survey flight took an unexpected turn when a helicopter crash-landed after a penguin, being transported in a cardboard box, caused a control mishap.

They’re flightless for good reason: A penguin in a cardboard box contributed to the crash of a helicopter in South Africa in January, a recently published government report says. A passenger on ...

“Sure thing,” said the 35-year-old pilot who had clocked a total of 1,650 hours, of which 1,051.7 were flown on the aircraft type, and into a simple cardboard box the penguin went. According ...

An “unsecured” penguin kept in a cardboard box has been identified as the reason for a helicopter crash in South Africa. The penguin created a “dangerous situation” when the box slid off a ...