A penguin inside a carboard box led to a helicopter crash in South Africa, the country's Civil Aviation Authority said in a ...

The pilot and three passengers aboard the helicopter, as well as the penguin, were uninjured, according to an incident report ...

South African officials have reported that a helicopter crash on January 19, 2025, was caused by a penguin that was on board. The accident took place shortly after a Robinson R44 Raven II ...

Getty; Murat Ozgur Guvendik/Anadolu via Getty A penguin was reportedly the cause of a helicopter crash in South Africa. According to the BBC and U.K. newspaper The Telegraph, a report by the South ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to the South African Civil Aviation Authority's report released this week, the impact caused the helicopter to plummet to the ground. Remarkably, all occupants, including the penguin ...

Authorities in South Africa said a helicopter crash on Bird Island was caused when a penguin in a cardboard box slid off a passenger's lap and interfered with the controls. Photo courtesy of the ...

The South African Civil Aviation Authority said the impact sent the helicopter crashing to the ground. No-one on board, including the penguin, was hurt. The authority said that "the lack of secure ...

An "unsecured" penguin in a cardboard box was the cause of a helicopter crash in South Africa, a report into the incident has found. The penguin, which had been placed in the box and on the lap of ...