乘直升飞机 meaning in English

the president helicoptered to california yesterday

The president arrived at california in a helicopter yesterday
总统昨天乘直升飞机赴加州。
Because the israeli raids have damaged beirut ' s airport , rice ' s official plane landed in cyprus and she helicoptered with aides and reporters from there to beirut , reversing the journey made by thousands of americans who have fled lebanon during the past 10 days
由于以色列的袭击损毁了贝鲁特机场，赖斯的专机降落在塞浦路斯，并与其随员和记者从那里乘直升飞机沿着与过去10日来数千美国人逃离黎巴嫩的旅程相反的路线前往贝鲁特。