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

Image via Shutterstock It turns out there's a reason that penguins can't fly — not even if you put one in a helicopter. An ...

The crash occurred just after take off from Bird Island in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, according to reportsA penguin was ...

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 ...

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 ...

The penguin, which had been placed in the box and ... which "was not in accordance with the Civil Aviation Regulations (CAR) 2011". When the helicopter was about 15m (50 feet) above ground ...