Tag: helicopter crash
Helicopter crash: Nigerian Air Force announces burial date
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has announced the burial date for the five crew members who died in the MI-35…
Helicopter Crash: Read Lance Corporal Adamu Nura’s last Facebook post
One of the 5 crew members of the crashed Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Mi-35M helicopter at Damasak in Borno State,…
Helicopter Crash: Pilot in Command, Perowei Jacob got married 3-weeks ago
Barely two days after an helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force crashed in Damasak, northern Borno killing five crew…
Helicopter crash: How pilot saved lives
It appeared experience counted when a pilot saved lives by crashing a medical helicopter in a grassy area on the…
5 killed in helicopter crash
Authorities say five people have died and one was seriously injured after a helicopter crashed in northern New Mexico.
4 die in Japan helicopter crash
Four crew members were confirmed dead on Wednesday after a helicopter crashed in a village north-west of Tokyo, local media…
Chief of Air Staff orders probe into NAF helicopter crash
Nigeria's Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has ordered probe into Thursday's crash of an Agusta 106 Light…
2 missing, 6 rescued in Iran helicopter crash
The head of Rescue Organisation of Iran’s Red Crescent Society on Tuesday said two people on board a rescue helicopter…
Two military personnel die in helicopter crash in Tunisia
Tunisian Defence Ministry on Thursday said two military personnel died when their helicopter crashed during a training mission in central…
4 gendarmes killed in helicopter crash
A military police helicopter crashed in South-Western France on Friday, killing four gendarmes on board, local authorities and the national…
Benin Prime Minister in copter crash, escapes unhurt
Benin’s Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou walked away unharmed after the helicopter he was travelling in crash-landed in the north of…
Seven dead as helicopter crashes in New Zealand
Six tourists and their pilot were killed when their helicopter crashed into a heavily crevassed glacier in New Zealand during…
Nigeria Air Force Chief sets up panel to probe copter crash
Nigeria Chief of Air Staff, CAS Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar has set up an investigation panel headed by an Air…
NNPC commiserates with victims of copter crash
Dr Ibe Kachikwu, the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has commiserated with victims of…
AIB begins investigations into Bristow helicopter crash
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), on Wednesday said it had commenced investigation into the Bristow helicopter that crashed into the…
Serbian helicopter in fatal crash while evacuating newborn
A Serbian military helicopter evacuating a five-day-old baby for emergency medical treatment has crashed in heavy fog, killing all seven…
French commando dies in helicopter accident in Burkina Faso
A French special forces commando has died in Burkina Faso during what the French defence ministry said was a training…
Iraqi military helicopter crashes, crew dead
An Iraqi military helicopter crashed Wednesday near a major oil refinery that is a frequent target for jihadists, killing the…
Air Force pilot receives full military honours at burial
The Nigerian Air Force on Friday buried Flt.–Lt. Akweke Nwakile, who died in active service with full military honours at…
Two dead in Nigeria Air force crash
Nigeria Defence headquarters has confirmed that one of the pilots of Air Force Mi-35 Helicopter which crashed on a training…
Nigerian Air Force Helicopter Crashes In Borno
Nigeria’s Defence authorities on Monday afternoon confirmed the crash of a helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force crashed in…
Helicopter crashes in Vietnam capital Hanoi
A military helicopter crashed in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi during a routine training exercise Monday, an official said, as state-run media…
Nigeria’s aviation analysts question military aircraft use by civilians
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent A group of Nigerian aviation analysts under the aegis of Aviation Round Table, ART, on Thursday questioned…
Yakowa: Kaduna Searches For Deputy Governor
Southern Kaduna people in Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria have commenced the search for a new deputy governor of the state…
What could be on Governor Yakowa’s mind here?
What could be on late Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa’s mind as shown here, as he attended his last public outing…
Buhari cancels 70th Birthday for Yakowa, Azazi
.And Governor Fashola too Eromosele Ebhomele The National Leader of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and candidate of the…
Yakowa, Azazi: Nigeria thrown into mourning
The tragic death in a naval helicopter crash yesterday evening of Kaduna state governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa and former national…
Nigeria’s copter crash: Yakowa, Azazi’s bodies taken to morgue
The National Emergency Management Agency said they have recovered the bodies of the victims of Nigeria’s military helicopter crash in…
Nigeria’s Helicopter crash kills Kaduna governor
A Nigerian military helicopter carrying very important people in Nigeria has crashed in Bayelsa state. Reports said a former national…
Haruna John Was A Dedicated Officer –Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed deep sorrow over the death of Haruna John, the Deputy Inspector General (DIG)…