Tag: helicopter
We landed our chopper on Benin-Ore Highway to save a life – TAL
Tropical Arctic Logistics Ltd. (TAL), which operated the chopper that picked an unnamed individual on the Benin-Ore Expressway, says it…
NCAA investigates helicopter’s landing on Benin-Ore Highway
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it has begun full-scale investigation to ascertain the viral video of the helicopter…
Video: Stranded billionaire picked up by helicopter on Lagos-Benin Expressway
A video is trending on social media of a Nigerian billionaire who was stuck on Lagos-Benin Expressway traffic and got…
NAF’s Combat Helicopter crashes at Katsina Airport
A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Helicopter has crashed in the process of landing while returning from an anti-armed banditry combat…
Video: Helicopter crashes on top of a skyscraper in Manhattan
A helicopter has crash landed on the top of a skyscraper in Manhattan, fire officials say, triggering a fire.
Photos: See Brazil’s Neymar Jr in his personalised helicopter
World’s most expensive footballer Neymar Jr of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) sure has class. See him arrives at Brazil training in…
55th anniversary: Buhari inducts 2 new attack helicopters for NAF
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja inducted two Agusta 109 Power Attack Helicopters into the Nigerian Air Force (NAF)…
Ocheni, Labour minister, 10 others with Osinbajo in crashed copter
More details have been provided by the presidency about the crashed helicopter that conveyed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to Kabba…
State Governor, 4 others die in helicopter crash
A helicopter has crashed in eastern Sudan, killing a state governor and at least four other officials.
Leicester City owner in crashed helicopter
The Leicester City owner's helicopter has crashed in a car park outside the club's ground as it left the stadium…
Leicester City owner’s helicopter crashed
The Leicester City owner's helicopter has crashed in a car park outside the club's ground shortly after taking off following…
Helicopter conveying Osinbajo forced to make emergency landing
The helicopter that conveys Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off on Thursday.
Helicopter crashes on houses, injures 4 in Cote d’Ivoire
A civilian helicopter crashed on Thursday in Port Bouet, near Felix Houphouet-Boigny International Airport in Abidjan, the Economic Capital of…
NAF helicopter suffers mishap
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday said its Agusta 109 Light Utility Helicopter suffered a mishap while undertaking a liaison…
Nigeria Air Force new helicopter hits Boko Haram hard
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Tuesday said its newly acquired NAF helicopter gunship recorded first hit in battle against…
Kidnapping: IG deploys helicopter, mobile cops to Kogi
The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr Solomon Arase, has approved the deployment of a helicopter and more policemen to Kogi…
Buhari storms Lagos Friday to handover Ambode’s 3 helicopters, 31 APCs, others to Police
Kazeem Ugbodaga Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari will storm Lagos on Friday to handover the three patrol helicopters, 31 Armoured Personnel…
Ambode gets thumbs up from Lagosians
Some Nigerians on Wednesday commended the Lagos State Government led by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and the Nigeria Police for the…
Helicopter crash: Full investigation commences with black box recovery, says AIB
The Commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Dr Felix Abali on Friday said that full investigation to unravel the cause of…
Bodies of crashed helicopter pilot, co-pilot recovered
The bodies of the remaining two persons missing from Wednesday’s Bristow helicopter crash in Lagos have been recovered by the…
UPDATE: Helicopter plunges into Lagos Lagoon, four dead
Tragedy hit the aviation industry on Wednesday as an helicopter belonging to Bristow Airline, plunged into the ocean of the…
Helicopter crashes into Lagos lagoon
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has reported that an unidentified helicopter has crashed into the Lagoon at the Oworonshoki…
Aregbesola: PDP seeking cheap publicity, says Aide
Semiu Okanlawon, media aide to Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state has described a statement by the Peoples Democratic Party…
Sell your helicopter to pay workers salary, PDP tells Aregbesola
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state, to sell the helicopter purchased for security…
Nigerian Air Force helicopter crashes in Lagos
A Nigerian Air Force helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force has crashed in Lagos. According to Dele Alonge, Nigerian…
Helicopter crashes in Malaysia with MP aboard
A helicopter crashed south of Kuala Lumpur on Saturday with all six people on board, including a key political ally…
No American involved in Yola plane crash
By Simon Ateba The United States Embassy in Nigeria said on Tuesday that contrary to media reports, there was no…
Nigeria military helicopter goes down in Adamawa
The Nigeria military said one of its helicopters made an emergency landing in the restive northeast on Monday, while witnesses…
Giant crater in Russia’s far north sparks mystery
A vast crater discovered in a remote region of Siberia known to locals as “the end of the world” is…
Three inmates escape Quebec jail on helicopter
Three prisoners, deemed extremely dangerous by police, have broken out of a Canadian jail in a helicopter, local media reported,…