Helicopter crash kills 14 in Chile

September 30th, 2009 Chile invites Peru to disputed military exerciseSANTIAGO, Chile — The Chilean air force said Tuesday it has invited its Peruvian counterpart to send observers to military maneuvers that Peru has interpreted as threatening and wants canceled. The air exercise is set for late October in an area of northern Chile near Peru and is to include participation by the air forces of the United States, France, Brazil and Argentina.

September 20th, 2009 Blackhawk crash kills US service member in IraqBAGHDAD — The U.S. military says a Blackhawk helicopter has crashed in an American base in Iraq, killing 1 service member and wounding 12 others.

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 2nd, 2009 Chile police find suitcases made of cocaineSANTIAGO, Chile — Police say two suitcases carried by a woman who was about to fly from Chile to Spain were made of cocaine. Detective Leandro Morales at the Santiago airport says the drug "was not hidden in the luggage.

June 2nd, 2009 Chile police find suitcases made of cocaineSANTIAGO, Chile — Police say two suitcases carried by a woman who was about to fly from Chile to Spain were made of cocaine. Detective Leandro Morales at the Santiago airport says the drug "was not hidden in the luggage.

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.

May 1st, 2009 HONG KONG - Three people were reportedly injured when a helicopter crash-landed into a coach as it tried to take off at Hong Kong's old airport site Friday. The helicopter was taking off at a private flying club on the site of Hong Kong's former Kai Tak international airport in the city centre Friday morning.

April 1st, 2009 LONDON - At least 10 people were feared dead and six others were missing after a helicopter ditched in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland Wednesday. The Bond Puma helicopter was returning from an oil platform in the North Sea operated by British Petroleum (BP) when it came down some 50 km off the port city of Aberdeen.

March 23rd, 2009 LUCKNOW - A private helicopter carrying Samajwadi Party leader Raghuraj Pratap Singh, also known as Raja Bhaiya, crash landed on a highway in Uttar Pradesh Sunday evening, the police said. The politician escaped with injuries.

March 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The bilateral trade between India and Chile can reach $5 billion by 2014 from $2.1 billion last fiscal, according to an industry lobby report released Sunday. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) report, released a day before Chilean President Michelle Bachelet arrives here for a five-day official visit, said India should set up bilateral forums with Latin American countries like Chile to bolster trade.

March 13th, 2009 TORONTO - A Canadian helicopter with 18 people on board plunged into icy Atlantic waters Thursday morning off its Newfoundland coast. One person was confirmed dead and another one was rescued.

February 15th, 2009 SANTIAGO - Fourteen firefighters and other emergency personnel died when the helicopter they were travelling in crashed in Chile's Chanco area, the local media reported Monday. The accident occurred about 5 p.m.

February 4th, 2009 LONDON - A plant blight that affects many crop species worldwide, causes less damage to pepper crops of the hotter varieties rather than low heat peppers. The research team of Mohammed B.

January 18th, 2009 PARIS - At least seven soldiers were killed and one soldier remained missing after a French military helicopter crashed off the coast of the central African country of Gabon, the French government announced Sunday. One soldier was found dead shortly after the crash, while five bodies of the six missing were found by rescue divers later Sunday.

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.