A search operation is underway after a US Navy crew member went missing when an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter made an emergency landing in the Arabian Sea, according to the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet. The incident occurred early on Wednesday while the helicopter, assigned to the USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77), was carrying four […]
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Trump says US helicopter crew safe after Strait of Hormuz incident
US President Donald Trump has said that two American pilots are safe after their helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz, amid heightened tensions in the region involving Iran and Israel. Read More: Middle East peace breakthrough nears, Trump Speaking to reporters at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Trump confirmed that the crew of an […]
Newlywed groom dies in helicopter crash hours after wedding
A wedding celebration turned into tragedy in the United States when a newlywed groom was killed in a helicopter crash just hours after his marriage ceremony, while his wife survived with injuries. Read More: UAE helicopter crash claims two military lives According to US media reports, 25-year-old Dev Faji, an Atlanta resident of Indian origin, was travelling […]
Eight killed in helicopter crash on Borneo island
JAKARTA: Eight people were killed after a helicopter crashed shortly after take-off on Borneo island, Indonesian authorities confirmed on Friday. Read More: UAE helicopter crash claims two military lives The aircraft, an Airbus H130 operated by PT Matthew Air Nusantara, lost contact just five minutes after departing from Melawi district in West Kalimantan on Thursday. A helicopter […]
Ukraine interior minister, 17 others killed in helicopter crash
Eighteen people, including Ukraine´s interior minister and three children, were killed in a helicopter crash near a kindergarten outside Kyiv on Wednesday. The helicopter slammed down next to the kindergarten and a residential building in Brovary, a commuter town for the capital Kyiv that was the scene of fierce fighting early in Russia’s invasion of […]
Helicopter carrying pilgrims crashes in India, killing six
A helicopter carrying pilgrims to Kedarnath in India’s Himalayan region crashed on Tuesday, killing all six on board, a police official said. Two pilots and four pilgrims died in the crash in the northern state of Uttarakhand, its police chief, Ashok Kumar, told Reuters by telephone, adding that a rescue team had been sent to […]
Pak army helicopter crashes in Harnai Balochistan, 6 martyred
RAWALPINDI: Six personnel of Pak Army were martyred in a helicopter crash in Balochistan’s Harnai, quoting Inter-Services Public Relations. According to ISPR, the helicopter crashed in Harnai, last night and as a result six of army personnel including two pilots were martyred. The helicopter was on the flying mission in Harnai, when it crashed. The […]
President Alvi’s absence in martyrs funerals angers Pak army
ISLAMABAD: President Alvi’s absence in martyrs funerals angers Pakistan army. President Arif Alvi has termed reports of him not attending the funeral of the shuhda — who embraced martyrdom in the Balochistan helicopter crash — as “unnecessary controversy” after it was speculated that the top official did not go due to the ongoing hateful campaign by […]
Five dead in New York river helicopter crash
NEW YORK: Five people have died after a helicopter owned by a tour group plunged into Manhattan’s East River, police said on Monday. The red chopper, which is owned by tourism group Liberty, was carrying six people including the pilot when it crashed into the river near the upscale Upper East Side neighborhood shortly after […]