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Pilots made planned training flight

Four persons became victims of crash of the military helicopter in the American state of Texas. Representatives of armed forces of the USA reported about it.

The UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter broke around 17.49 on Monday local time (02.49 Tuesdays Moscow time) on military base of Fort-Hud. All victims – crew members.

At the moment of failure pilots carried out planned training flight.

Now the consequence finds out the crash reasons. Rescuers work at a Continue reading →

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Upon crash in Murmansk region of the Mi-8 helicopter with officials criminal case under article "violation of the rules of traffic safety of air transport" is brought. The helicopter fell to the lake, two passengers managed to survive. Onboard only 18 people, from them 5 people – crew. Officials, allegedly, flied on fishing. 16 people are reported missing. To the place of state of emergency in the remote district there arrived rescuers and divers, criminalists of central Continue reading →

The Black Hawk helicopter of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) broke on January 8, 2014 in Cley-next-the-Sea, England. Four military personnel of the USA was lost as a result of crash.

The American military confirm officially a crash of helicopter and death of people in Great Britain, but thus all details of an event were coded.

Officially it is not declared that served as a cause of death of the military personnel. It is thus noted that the helicopter, at first sight did not undergo serious destruction, Continue reading →

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The Mi-17 helicopter which was taking out refugees, broke in Iraq. The pilot, among victims – the deputy of the Iraq parliament was lost, reports Associated Press referring to military.

The helicopter delivered humanitarian assistance to the Kurds-ezidam who have taken cover on the mountain Sindzhar from Islamists, and on the way back took aboard to 25 refugees. Because of an overload during take-off as military declared, Mi-17 ran uphill.

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The death of crew of air ambulance of Ornge lies on conscience of the company.

Against the Canadian company Ornge providing services of air ambulance, 17 charges in connection with helicopter crash in northern Ontario are put forward a year ago. Failure led to death of four employees. According to messages of some local mass media, charges were shown at the beginning of this week according to standards of the Canadian Labour code.

Soon after midnight on May 31, 2013 the Sikorsky S-76A helicopter Continue reading →

India officially terminated the contract with the Italian company AgustaWestland on delivery of 12 multi-purpose AW101 helicopters in a complete set the VIP. About it reports Jane’s referring to the statement of the Minister of Defence of the country of Manokhar of Parrikar.

From the contract in cost of 750 million euros, signed in 2010, India refused in January, 2014 against corruption scandal. According to the version of the investigation, for the sake of obtaining the contract Italians bribed Continue reading →

The helicopter of mission of EU broke at city airport Pristina in the self-proclaimed republic of Kosovo. As Reuters reported, as a result of incident there are victims. Information on victims while are not present.

"The helicopter of mission of the European Union in the field of rule of law in Kosovo (EULEX) broke at the airport of Pristina. There are victims, we specify details", – the representative of NATO declared to agency.

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The American company Sikorsky carried out tests of the auxiliary power plant of the perspective high-speed S-97 Raider helicopter scout, reports Flightglobal. It is a question of start of the installation mounted on a flight prototype of the helicopter; before check of all onboard systems of the device were carried out only when using an external source of power supply.

Details about the most auxiliary power plant while are unknown. It is reported only that it represents a small internal combustion Continue reading →

The Mi-8 helicopter which was gone in Tuva on October 10, 2014, most likely, broke about a mountain slope. The head of the press service of Control center reported about this TASS crisis situations of regional government of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Dmitry Kryzh.

According to him, accident occurred at height about 2,6 thousand meters above sea level. «There very big bias – about 45 degrees», – was specified by him. The representative of the Ministry of Emergency Situations noted that Continue reading →

In Tuva found the Mi-8 helicopter, gone in the autumn of 2014. In the same place found bodies of 10 people who were onboard at the moment of accident. Besides, inspectors argue that on fragments of a vessel ignition traces are found.

«Fragments are found in the mountain remote district. According to preliminary data, ignition traces by the helicopter» are found, – told TASS a source in the West Siberian investigatory management on SK Russian Federation transport.

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