A French Gendarmerie rescue helicopter drops rescue workers next to the debris of the Airbus A320 at the site of the crash, near Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps March 29, 2015. (Photo: Reuters)
A helicopter flies next to Spanish soldiers of the Marine infantry brigade who are holding their weapons as they simulate an assault, as Spanish aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias sails on La Malagueta beach, during a military operational exhibition. (Photo: Reuters)
Marooned flood victims try to grab onto the side bars of a hovering army helicopter which arrived to distribute food supplies in the Muzaffargarh district of Pakistan’s Punjab province in this August 7, 2010. (Photo: Reuters)
Paratroopers from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry board a waiting CH-47 Chinook helicopter as they begin a helicopter assault mission at Combat Outpost Herrera in Afghanistan’s Paktiya Province July 15, 2012. (Photo: Reuters)
A U.S. soldier from the 3rd Cavalry Regiment shields himself from the rotor wash of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter after being dropped off for a mission with the Afghan police near Jalalabad in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan December 20, 2014. (Photo: Reuters)
Reporters are whipped by blowing snow as U.S. President Barack Obama departs via the Marine One helicopter from the White House in Washington March 6, 2015. (Photo: Reuters)
Reporters are whipped by blowing snow as U.S. President Barack Obama departs via the Marine One helicopter from the White House in Washington March 6, 2015. (Photo: Reuters)
A U.S. army medic from 2-35 Infantry Battalion protects an Afghan national army soldier injured by gun fire and rocket propelled grenades fired by the Taliban as a Medevac helicopter lands at a forward firebase fortress in Kunar province, Afghanistan, July 11, 2011. (Photo: Reuters)
A helicopter draws water from a lake as smoke rises from the King Fire in Pollock Pines, California September 17, 2014. (Photo: Reuters)
A Pakistani soldier crouches as a Pakistani Army Mi-17 helicopter takes off on top of Kund mountain near Kotkai village in South Waziristan October 29, 2009. (Photo: Reuters)
Published: 13 Jun 2015, 7:28 PM IST