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Helicopter on rescue mission crashes on Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, killing all 5 on board

December 25, 2025 1:18 pm

A medical evacuation helicopter crashed on Africa’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, killing five people, including two foreign nationals who were being rescued from the mountain.

A diving team and police boat are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP)

US admits liability in fatal helicopter crash with American Airlines jet

December 18, 2025 12:27 pm

The government admitted it "owed a duty of care to plaintiffs, which it breached, thereby proximately causing the tragic accident" and that the pilots of the Army helicopter and regional jet "failed to maintain vigilance so as to see and avoid each other."

Smoke and flames billow out after a fighter jet Tejas of the Indian Air Force crashed during an aerial display at the Dubai Air Show. The pilot died in the accident, according to officials. (PTI/AP)

Dubai air crash: HAL and Indian Air Force should dispel any negative impression and tell the world, Tejas still rules

November 25, 2025 1:46 pm

HAL must work overtime and meet its delivery promises so that the combination of capability and capacity proves the naysayers wrong

US Navy helicopter, F-18 fighter jet crash in separate incidents in South China Sea

October 27, 2025 6:50 am

The Navy in a social media post on Sunday said that a MH-60R Seahawk helicopter, assigned to the “Battle Cats” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73, crashed at 2:45pm.

Watch: Helicopter spirals midair before crashing at Huntington Beach in southern California, 5 hospitalised

October 12, 2025 7:39 am

According to the Huntington Beach Fire Department, at least five people have been hospitalised, including two who were onboard the helicopter and were “safely pulled from the wreckage".

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Sacramento helicopter crash: Helicopter crashes on Sacramento freeway in US, at least 3 critically injured

October 07, 2025 10:56 am

Medical helicopter crash in Sacramento: At least three people have received critical injuries, the Sacramento Fire Department said. The cause of the crash of chopper remains under investigation by the authorities.

Army identifies 4 soldiers killed in military helicopter crash in Washington state

September 22, 2025 10:50 pm

They were members of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known as the Night Stalkers, a unit that specialises in night missions.

Helicopter crash in Ghana kills ministers of defense and environment, 6 others

August 07, 2025 9:20 am

The Ghanaian military said the helicopter took off in the morning from the capital, Accra, and was heading northwest into the interior toward the gold-mining area of Obuasi in the Ashanti region.

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Uttarkashi chopper crash: Main rotor blade struck overhead cable, pilot tried to land on NH34, says AAIB report

July 19, 2025 8:00 pm

As many as six people, including the pilot, were killed in the May 8 crash while one of the passengers sustained serious injuries.

At least 3 killed as medical helicopter crashes into sea off Japan, 3 onboard recued

April 07, 2025 7:41 am

The helicopter took off from an airport in Nagasaki prefecture and was heading to a hospital in Fukuoka along with a patient when it crashed, the coast guard said.

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Iran's supreme leader leads prayers for Raisi, 7 others killed in chopper crash

May 22, 2024 9:49 pm

Wednesday's funeral service for President Ebrahim Raisi and others saw a turnout that onlookers described as noticeably lower than the 2020 procession honouring Revolutionary Guard general Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad.