MH370 Relatives of victims say they may have found pieces of aircraft debris : Will hand over to Malaysia’s transport minister THE families of passengers travelling on missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 are meeting Malaysia’s transport minister Anthony Loke on Friday to hand over pieces of debris found in Madagascar, …
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Air India Plane carrying 179 passengers hits building at Stockholm airport. An Air India plane carrying 179 passengers struck a building at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport with its wingtip as it taxied to gate on Wednesday, but no injuries were reported, police said. Air India flight AI167, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, …
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Indian Air Force HAL HJT-16 Kiran crashes in Hyderabad An Indian Air Force (IAF) HAL HJT-16 Kiran trainer aircraft crashed near Purietta village at Yadagiriguda district. HAL HJT-16 Kiran took off from Hakimpet Air Force station on a training mission and crashed in an open area at around 11.45 am. However, …
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Pakistan China to Co-Produce Strike-Capable Wing Loong II UAV MALE. State-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) and Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) have agreed to co-produce 48 Chinese-designed next-generation medium-altitude long-endurance and strike-capable Wing Loong II unnamed aerial vehicles (UAV), the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) revealed in a social media …
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Four Dead in a Sikorsky S-70A Black Hawk helicopter crash in Istanbul Four Turkish soldiers were killed in the crash of a military helicopter in Istanbul, according to Turkish media. Another was injured. The crash took place in a residential area. No civilians were injured. Anadolu Agency said the helicopter, …
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Shocking Report Reveals Why the Air Force fired the Thunderbird’s commanding officer after just one season? Lt. Col. Jason Heard, the commander of the USAF Flight Demonstration Team, aka The Thunderbirds, was relieved of command last November. The report, obtained by Air Force Times via the Freedom of Information Act …
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Man jailed for trafficking MiG and F-4 Phantom II fighter jet parts to Iran Alexander George, 77 a businessman from Long Ashton village, Somerset has been jailed for trafficking fighter jet parts to Iran in violation of weapons of mass destruction controls. He was sentenced to two and a half years …
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6 dead in a Helicopter crash in Campos do Jordão, São Paulo, Brazil An Agusta AW109SP Grand New helicopter vanished in the morning was found later in the evening by Fire Department staff. The helicopter crashed near the peak of Itapeva, and crashed into a forest area. Six people died. A …
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Pilot killed in Bangladesh Air Force Chengdu FT-7 crashes in Tangail. An Air Force training aircraft crashed in Tangail, killing its pilot Wing Commander Arif Ahmed Dipu. The plane crashed in the Air Force’s Telki Firing Zone in Rasulpur on Friday around 2:50 pm. ISPR Director Lt Col Alamgir …
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Afghan army helicopter crashes in Kandahar with 20 onboard. An Afghan army helicopter crashed in southern Kandahar province on Saturday, killing at least two, officials said. Two more were wounded in the crash which happened in Maruf district, said Ghafoor Ahmad Jawed, a spokesman for Defense Ministry. He said that …
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