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 ...

A pilot and three passengers were not injured after their helicopter crashed from a low altitude in South Africa, according to an incident report. An unsecured cardboard box holding a penguin ...

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.

“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 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 ...