The passenger sitting in the front left seat of the helicopter was holding the penguin in their lap when the "cardboard box slid off to the right and on to the pilot’s cyclic pitch control lever.

Apache pilots have to move both hands and feet — and even eyes — in multiple directions at once. This makes the helicopter one of the hardest to fly.

The report detailed how the incident unfolded: when the helicopter reached approximately 15m altitude, the cardboard box slipped off the specialist's lap, causing the cyclic pitch control lever to ...

According to the incident report, the cardboard box slipped off the passenger's lap and onto the pilot's cyclic pitch control lever when the helicopter was about 50 feet in the air.

According to NBC News, the helicopter was about 50 feet into the air when “the cardboard box slid off to the right and onto the pilot’s cyclic pitch control lever.” ...

When the helicopter was at an altitude of around 50 feet, the cardboard box slid off the passenger's lap -- onto the pilot's cyclic pitch control lever, the incident report said.

According to NBC News, the helicopter was about 50 feet into the air when “the cardboard box slid off to the right and onto the pilot’s cyclic pitch control lever.” The helicopter then rolled before ...