Chopper with French tourists makes emergency landingSeptember 15th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A private helicopter carrying two French tourists Tuesday made an emergency landing in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district after it developed a technical snag. No one was injured.
DGCA to probe pilot's girlfriend on Badal's chopperSeptember 11th, 2009 SHIMLA - The Punjab government Friday asked the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to conduct a probe into the security breach that occurred on board Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal's chartered helicopter when the pilot's girlfriend travelled unauthorised as the co-pilot. "It's a serious breach of security of the VVIP.
Haryana chief minister's chopper makes unscheduled landingSeptember 9th, 2009 HISAR - A helicopter carrying Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda made an unscheduled landing here Wednesday due to bad weather ahead. District administration officials said that the helicopter carrying Hooda, who was flying from New Delhi to Muktsar in Punjab, landed in this Haryana city, 300 km from state capital Chandigarh, Wednesday afternoon.
YSR's helicopter had once landed on a roadSeptember 5th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who died in a helicopter crash Wednesday, had a narrow escape last year when the helicopter carrying him made an emergency landing on a road.
PM calls emergency meeting after YSR's chopper is tracedSeptember 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday convened an emergency meeting with Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee after the helicopter carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.
No emergency signals received from YSR's missing chopperSeptember 2nd, 2009 HYDERABAD - With the helicopter carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, which went missing Wednesday morning, not emitting emergency signals, the authorities here are hoping that he is safe.
NATO: British fighter jet crashes at Afghan base in 2nd major crash in 2 days; crew ejectsJuly 20th, 2009 NATO: British fighter jet crashes at Afghan baseKABUL — A British fighter jet crashed inside NATO's largest base in southern Afghanistan on Monday in the second major crash there in two days. Four more American troops were killed in the east, NATO said.
NATO: Fighter jet crashes at Afghan base in 2nd major crash in 2 days; crew ejectsJuly 20th, 2009 NATO: Fighter jet crashes at Afghan baseKABUL — A Tornado fighter jet crashed inside NATO's largest base in southern Afghanistan on Monday in the second major crash on the base in two days, officials said. The jet crashed inside Kandahar Airfield during takeoff at 7:20 a.m.
16 civilians killed in chopper crash in AfghanistanJuly 19th, 2009 KABUL - At least 16 civilians were killed when a helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan Sunday, while a NATO soldier and 35 Taliban militants were killed in the same region, officials said. "International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) can confirm that 16 civilians have been killed in the helicopter that crashed earlier today (Sunday) in Kandahar Province," ISAF said in a statement.
15 dead after civilian helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, Russian news agencies sayJuly 19th, 2009 Reports: Helicopter crash at Afghan base kills 15KABUL — A civilian helicopter crashed at southern Afghanistan's largest NATO base Sunday, military officials said. Russia's air transportation agency reported 15 people died.
NATO: 16 dead after civilian helicopter crashes in AfghanistanJuly 19th, 2009 Helicopter crash at Afghan base kills 16KABUL — A Russian-owned civilian helicopter crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff at southern Afghanistan's largest NATO base Sunday, killing 16 civilians in the latest in a string of deadly aircraft crashes in the country. A U.S. military helicopter also made an emergency landing in the country's east, causing several injuries.
NATO: Russian-owned civilian helicopter crashes after takeoff in Afghanistan, killing 16July 19th, 2009 Helicopter crash at Afghan base kills 16KABUL — A Russian-owned civilian helicopter crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff at southern Afghanistan's largest NATO base Sunday, killing 16 civilians in the latest in a string of deadly aircraft crashes in the country. A U.S. military helicopter also made an emergency landing in the country's east, causing several injuries.
Russian news agencies says crash at Afghan base kills 15; NATO does not immediately confirmJuly 19th, 2009 Russian reports say crash at Afghan base kills 15MOSCOW — An official in Russia's air transportation agency is telling local news agencies that a helicopter crash at NATO's largest base in southern Afghanistan has killed 15 people. NATO and U.S.
2 killed as State Department security helicopter crashes outside BaghdadJuly 17th, 2009 State Dept. security chopper crashes in IraqWASHINGTON — The State Department says a helicopter used to protect U.S. diplomats in Baghdad has crashed outside the Iraqi capital and a U.S.
Civilian helicopter crashes in Afghanistan; casualties unknownJuly 14th, 2009 Civilian helicopter crashes in AfghanistanKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Officials say a white transport helicopter has crashed in southern Afghanistan. Fazel Haq, the top official in the Sangin district of Helmand province, says the logistics helicopter crashed around daybreak Tuesday outside the town of Sangin.