Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aerial view of the July 22, 2024, crop duster accident site facing west with the field being sprayed in the background. The ...

Pilot from Texas walks away from fiery crop-duster crash.

A crop-dusting helicopter crashed in a sugarcane field in the Laurel Valley area east of Thibodaux on Wednesday morning, killing the pilot. The crash occurred around 6:30 a.m. in Lafourche Parish when ...

Modern agricultural aviation is a high-tech, essential industry, employing advanced aircraft and precision software to efficiently treat over 127 million acres in the U.S., significantly increasing ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. ― Robert Ray Cottingham took off in his crop duster from an Attica airport about 5:40 p.m. July 22. He had about 50 minutes left to live, according to a preliminary report from the ...