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President President Pratibha Patil leaves Orissa
Bhubaneswar :: India | about 15 hours ago
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President Pratibha Patil left for New Delhi from the Biju Patnaik Airport on Thursday after a three-day visit to Orissa. The President was seen off at the airport by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and senior officials, while Governor M C Bhandare accompanied...
Tags: Pratibha Patil, The Indian Air Force, president pratibha, Puri, Orissa, rotor blades, India, Bhubaneswar, Marathi people, Disaster Accident, Indian Air Force, Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat, Tourism in Orissa, Konark, Raj Bhavan, Politics, Hindu holy cities, Patnaik, Patil, Krishna, Jagannath Temple, Helicopters
MoD criticised over fatal helicopter crash in Iraq
Baghdad :: Iraq | about 17 hours ago
Credibility A coroner criticised the Ministry of Defence today for failing to adequately maintain a helicopter that crashed and caught fire in Iraq , killing two SAS soldiers. Corporal Lee Fitzsimmons, 26, from Peterborough, and Sergeant John Battersby, 31, from...
Tags: RAF Puma, David Halpern, spill valve, Jacqui Auty, Iraq Fault, Herefordshire, Cpl Lee Fitzsimmons, Corporal Lee Fitzsimmons, John Battersby, helicopter crashed, Iraq, Baghdad, Aￃﾩrospatiale Puma, Disaster Accident, Helicopters
One dead in bushfire chopper crash
Coffs Harbour :: Australia | 1 day ago
Credibility A helicopter has crashed during a fire-fighting operation on the New South Wales mid-north coast, killing one person on board. A second person is being treated for chest injuries and is in a critical condition. The accident happened in dense rainforest...
Tags: Australia, Coffs Harbour, Bushfire, Disaster Accident, Wildfires, Helitack, Ambulance, New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Paramedic, Protected areas of New South Wales, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Dorrigo National Park, Helicopters, Coffs Harbour New South Wales
Pilots survive mid-air collision
Tamworth :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
Credibility A Rural Fire Service (RFS) spokesman said one helicopter was above the other when they crossed paths. The water bucket of the higher craft clipped the rotor blades of the other but both helicopters landed safety...In another incident today, a helicopter...
Tags: United Kingdom, Tamworth, Disaster Accident, Helicopters
North Sea helicopters 'came close to collision'
Aberdeen :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
Credibility North Sea helicopters came close to colliding in mid air near Aberdeen. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) yesterday revealed that an aircraft proximity (airprox) report had been filed involving two Super Puma helicopters following an incident on 25 September,...
Tags: Aberdeen, North Sea, came close, super puma, sea helicopter, United Kingdom, Environment, Bristow Helicopters, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, Aￃﾩrospatiale Puma, Unitary authorities of Scotland, Eurocopter AS332, Shetland, Disaster Accident, Helicopters
Pioneer pilot, 99, flies again
El Dorado Hills :: CA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Two months short of her 100th birthday, pioneer pilot Doris Lockness of El Dorado Hills took to the skies once again on Friday. Lockness, one of the nation's most accomplished female fliers, climbed into a helicopter for the first time in nearly 15 years...
Tags: El Dorado Hills, Women in World War II, Women Airforce Service Pilots, Helicopters, Autogyro
4 injured in two-vehicle crash
Cumming :: GA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Four people were injured in a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of U.S...Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, and two others were taken by ambulance to King's Daughters Medical Center. The accident was reported about 6:30 p.m. near the Speedway...
Tags: Cumming, Disaster Accident, Traffic collision, Law Crime, Ambulance, Seat belt, Car safety, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Baltimore, Road transport, Emergency medicine, Forsyth County Georgia, Helicopters, Trauma center, Cumming Georgia
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Doha :: Qatar | 6 days ago
Credibility Qatar�s Air Force received first of its 18 AW139 multi-mission helicopters from Italy recently...Qatar�s new acquisition can also be used for �Special Forces� operations, search and rescue, border patrol and homeland security duties. With a maximum take-off...
Tags: Indonesian, Italy, Qatar, Doha, AgustaWestland AW139, Irish Air Corps, Alwi Shihab, Helicopters, Canadian National Railway
Cause of engine failure in BC helicopter crash still a mystery, says TSB report
Vancouver :: Canada | 6 days ago
Credibility The federal Transportation Safety Board says it has not pinpointed the cause of an engine failure that sent a helicopter crashing into the streets of Cranbrook, B.C., in May 2008, killing four people. Among the victims was a young international student...
Tags: helicopter crashing, Canada, Vancouver, Disaster Accident, Helicopters, Air safety, Aviation history, Aviation accidents and incidents
Subang to get flight simulator
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 7 days ago
Credibility Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad managing director Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad here yesterday. Nardelli said the EC225 simulator in Malaysia would be the third in the world after France and United States. “It will include, among others, a full-motion system...
Tags: Malaysian International Aerospace Centre, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Eurocopter, Helicopters, Heliport, Business Finance, Malaysia Airports, Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport
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