A Junkers Ju-52/3m aircraft, operated by Ju-Air, was destroyed in an accident in a mountainous area in Switzerland. All 17 passengers and three crew members were killed. The aircraft crashed into the western slope of Piz Segnas at an elevation of 2540 m. The aircraft is regularly used by …
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A small extra EA400 passenger plane crashed into a soybean field near Ponca City Saturday, Oklahoma Highway Patrol officials confirm. OHP says a plane with three adults and two children on board crashed north of Hubbard Road and U Street. The cause of the crash was not immediately known, said …
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A Mi-8 helicopter crashed in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk region, killing 18 people on board. The helicopter collided with another helicopter during takeoff. UTair’s Mi-8 helicopter 25640 was flying from Vankor to Kharkasale. During the take-off it struck cargo hanging from the landing gear of another Mi-8 helicopter,” said a spokesperson. The …
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According to the Daily Star Article, RUSSIAN fighter jets were mobilized five times this week to head off foreign military aircraft flying towards its territory. The Russian Air Force planes chased away 22 foreign aircraft of unknown nationality during the past week, according to reports. The foreign planes were escorted away …
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Read more news on Defense Headlines According to a report in The Star Online newspaper on 31 July, Malaysia’s Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu has confirmed that Royal Malaysian Air Force continues to face maintenance problems and a lack of spare parts of its Russian-made fighter jet fleet The Defence Minister said …
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A small float plane has crashed just north of Pemberton, B.C. RCMP say the crash happened just before 1 p.m. on Tyaughton Lake. One person is dead, one remains missing and a third has been rescued and taken to hospital after a small float plane crashed on Tyaughton Lake, 100 …
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Two men are dead after a Twin-engine Piper PA-31-310 Navajo C plane crashed at approximately 1:30 p.m. in Kananaskis Country, west of Calgary, Wednesday. The twin-engine plane crashed at approximately 1:30 p.m. in the Rae Glacier area, RCMP said in a release. RCMP established there were two people on board …
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An Afghan National Army (ANA) helicopter performed an emergency landing in Sarobi district of central Kabul province due to a technical issue, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said. Gen. Mohammad Ramdish, MoD spokesman, confirmed the incident happened this afternoon near a military base in the district. He said the ANA …
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According to the group of military firefighters (Gspm), A two-seater Light aircraft crashed in the lagoon about 500m from the bank. The two passengers of the aircraft died in the crash Aircraft fell on Wednesday 1 st August, in the lagoon around Bingerville near the village Marchoux. A body was …
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Two people are ‘incredibly lucky’ to have escaped a helicopter crash close to the Cotswolds, the ambulance service says. A man and a woman walked away from the wreckage after the aircraft came down 18 miles from Beckford in Tewkesbury. They were the only two occupants and were found waiting …
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