Authorities: Helicopter crashes into vacant home in Miss., killing 1 person on boardSeptember 1st, 2009 1 dead when helicopter hits vacant home in Miss.JACKSON, Miss. — Authorities say a helicopter has crashed into a vacant home in Mississippi, killing one person on board.
SC driver calls 911 after mistaking crashing toy helicopter for the real thingAugust 20th, 2009 Toy helicopter crash prompts SC driver to call 911CHARLESTON, S.C. — It was an eerie sight for a motorist driving Interstate 526 in South Carolina - a helicopter in the distance spewing smoke as it plunged toward the Wando River.
Nudist's clothes on beach trigger drowning alert!July 31st, 2009 LONDON - A nudist is said to have sparked off a full-scale emergency search operation after rescuers found her clothes on the beach, and feared that she had drowned. The clothes were spotted by worried tourists, who called in the emergency services, who in turn scrambled a Helicopter and sent in 25 rescue workers.
Coast Guard rescues 2 who had been adrift 52 hours in open 15-foot skiff off Aleutian IslandsJune 22nd, 2009 2 rescued after drifting 52 hours off AleutiansANCHORAGE, Alaska — Rod Whitehead had doubts of seeing his five children again as he marked 52 hours adrift in an open skiff in the northern Pacific on Father's Day. But that afternoon, as hypothermia and dehydration threatened, Whitehead and deckhand Bill Osterback spotted a basket and a swimmer breaking through the heavy Aleutians Islands fog as they were lowered from a Coast Guard helicopter.
Coast Guard helicopter crew rescues 2 men on board disabled skiff off remote Alaska islandsJune 22nd, 2009 Coast Guard saves 2 from disabled skiff in AlaskaJUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard helicopter crew has rescued two men on board a disabled 15-foot skiff adrift in Alaska's remote western Aleutian Islands. Coast Guard Chief Steve Harrison in Juneau says the men were hoisted by basket into the helicopter Sunday night and taken to a clinic in Adak for evaluation.
11 disabled children score above 90 percent in CBSE examsMay 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Eleven disabled students were among 15,839 children who secured above 90 percent in class 12 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exams. According to CBSE spokesperson Rama Sharma, a total of 1,034 students with disability - 225 blind, 35 deaf, 564 physically handicapped, 12 spastic children and 225 students with dyslexia - appeared for the class 12 exams this year.
Marine Corps helicopter crashes in remote area of Southern California; both pilots killedMay 6th, 2009 Marine helicopter crashes in Calif.; 2 killedALPINE, Calif. — A Marine Corps helicopter crashed in a remote section of a Southern California forest, killing its two experienced pilots, authorities said Wednesday.
Marine Corps helicopter crashes in remote area of Southern California; both pilots killedMay 6th, 2009 Marines helicopter crashes in Calif.; 2 killedALPINE, Calif. — A Marine Corps helicopter crashed in a remote area of Southern California, killing the only two people who were on board, authorities said Wednesday.
Three injured as helicopter crash-lands into Hong Kong coachMay 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.
Indian Navy helicopter crashes off Goa, crew safeMarch 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.
One killed, 16 missing in Canada chopper crashMarch 13th, 2009 OTTAWA - One person was kiled and 16 others were missing Thursday when the helicopter in which they were travelling crashed into the North Atlantic off the coast of Canada's Newfoundland province, officials said. The aircraft, carrying 18 oil workers, was on its way to Hibernia offshore platform.
British helicopter crashes in North Sea, all rescuedFebruary 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.
Helicopter crash kills 14 in ChileFebruary 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.
US Navy arrests nine pirates off African coastFebruary 11th, 2009 MANAMA - The US Navy said Thursday it had arrested nine suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden, a day after similar action netted seven pirates. The guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf apprehended the nine after responding to a distress call from a nearby merchant vessel, according to the Manama-based US Navy 5th Fleet Command.
Seven killed in Russian helicopter crashJanuary 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.
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