The Cessna 150 struck the Bell 407 helicopter, which was conducting a training exercise, shortly before 7 p.m., according to Pennsylvania State Police Acting Commissioner Col. George Bivens.
We are learning more this Wednesday evening after reports that a Cessna 150 airplane and a Bell 407 helicopter collided in midair in Pennsylvania. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported that a Cessna 150 airplane and a Bell 407 helicopter crashed into each other in midair near Carlisle on Wednesday. The agency said two people were on the helicopter according to reporting from our partners at FOX 29 Philadelphia.
A small airplane and a helicopter collided midair near the Carlisle airport in Pennsylvania's Cumberland Valley on Wednesday evening, according to the FAA.
A spokesperson for the Navy said all four air crew had successfully ejected and that the incident is under investigation.
Four crew members were able to safely evacuate after two Navy jets collided during an air show at an Air Force base, according to authorities. Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live." Weekends starting at 10a/9C Saturdays and 11a/10C Sundays. NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
Two jets appeared to collide and their crews ejected during a performance at an air show at a military base in Idaho. "The aircrew involved in the incident are in stable condition," the base reported.
'The Mountain Home Air Show has been officially canceled'
Video shared on social media showed the jets striking each other and spinning toward the ground. At least four parachutes were deployed before the planes crashed.
It's the final day of the air show at the base in southern Idaho.
Board member Todd Inman was the lead NTSB member in agency's probe into 2025 into crash of a UPS cargo plane in Kentucky that killed 15 and the January 2025 midair collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter that killed 67 people.