Bush departs US capital in helicopter

August 28th, 2009 Elder Bush will not attend Kennedy funeralBOSTON — The elder President George Bush will not be attending Sen. Edward Kennedy's funeral.

July 31st, 2009 First lady receives high marks from Laura BushGROTON, Conn. — Michelle Obama's performance as first lady is getting high marks from her predecessor, Laura Bush.

July 24th, 2009 As per official report, on late Thursday about 10.30 pm a helicopter crashed on a western Maryland highway and burst into flames which causes the death of four people. Three of them were the employees of a flight instruction company- Advanced Helicopter Concepts and the fourth one was a passenger, Kevin Lewis, director of county emergency services, confirms that the a Robinson 44 helicopter with 4 passengers crashed on Interstate 70 in Washington County.

June 24th, 2009 Murtha says White House erred on helicopterWASHINGTON — The chairman of a powerful House subcommittee that oversees the military said Wednesday he hopes at least some of the $3.2 billion spent for a new fleet of presidential helicopters can be salvaged. The military stopped production of the heavily over-budget VH-71 helicopter program, estimated to now cost $13 billion, at the White House's request.

June 12th, 2009 Putin sends 85th birthday wishes to Bush Sr.MOSCOW — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has sent a telegram wishing former U.S. President George H.W.

May 11th, 2009 IRKUTSK - Five people, including the governor of the Irkutsk Region, were killed in a helicopter crash in East Siberia, the emergencies ministry said Sunday. The helicopter, which was performing a regular observation flight, crashed early Sunday southeast of Irkutsk.

April 16th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Two Assam ministers had a miraculous escape Thursday as the helicopter in which they were travelling for election campaigning made an emergency landing at the Guwahati airport following a major technical snag. Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain, along with Assam Youth Congress president Pijush Hazarika, were returning to Guwahati after addressing an election meeting in Nagaon district of eastern Assam when the four-seater helicopter developed a snag mid-air.

April 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former First Daughter Barbara Bush has no plans of getting married anytime soon, according to sources. Earlier, rumors were abuzz that the Bush twin, 27, is going to marry her boyfriend Jaly Blount this summer.

March 25th, 2009 PANAJI - An Indian Navy Kamov-28 helicopter crashed in the Arabian Sea, 22 nautical miles off Goa, Wednesday but the crew escaped unhurt, an official said. Three naval personnel were on board when the accident took place.

February 18th, 2009 LONDON - All 18 people on board a British helicopter that crashed in the North Sea Wednesday evening have been saved in a dramatic rescue operation. The Super Puma helicopter carrying workers to a British Petroleum (BP) oil production platform went down about 200km east of Aberdeen, northeast Britain, in heavy seas and poor visibility, the BBC reported.

February 15th, 2009 SANTIAGO - A helicopter carrying firefighters crashed in southern Chile Sunday, killing all 14 people on board, media reported. The helicopter, which was transporting 12 firefighters from a forest fire site, hit a hillside some 165 miles (270 km) south of Santiago.

January 28th, 2009 JAKARTA - Two mechanics were killed by rotor blades Thursday when the helicopter they were servicing tilted on its side, an official said. The pilot and mechanics were making last-minute checks on the aircraft before take-off when the accident happened at a military airport about 30 km southwest of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, said transport ministry spokesman Bambang Ervan.

January 26th, 2009 RANCHI - Jharkhand's only helicopter, bought to deal with Maoist attacks, is lying grounded as there is no pilot to fly it, a senior official of the state civil aviation department said. After the Dhruva helicopter was grounded, Jharkhand is depending on the Indian Air Force to carry security personnel injured in Maoist attacks.

January 14th, 2009 KABUL - Thirteen Afghan security personnel, including a top general, were killed Thursday after a military helicopter crashed into mountainous area in western Afghanistan, a defence ministry statement said. 'A top army general and 12 officers were killed as a helicopter of Afghanistan National Army (ANA) crashed due to bad weather in west of the country,' the statement said.

January 10th, 2009 MOSCOW - At least seven people have been found dead after a helicopter crashed in central Russia, media reports Sunday. The helicopter went missing in the Republic of Altai Jan 9, said Itar-Tass and Interfax citing air navigation authority sources.