Tag: helicopter
Four killed in bombing of Afghan government bus, nine die in...
Four people were killed and nine wounded when a roadside bomb hit a bus carrying Afghan government employees in Kabul on Thursday, while nine...
Doctor who died in a helicopter crash tried to save Mthembu
Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, has confirmed that one of the Netcare health professionals who died in a helicopter crash near Bergville was called...
UN helicopter shot at in Nigeria
Suspected Islamic extremists shot at a UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) helicopter in northern Nigeria at the weekend reportedly killing two civilians.
President Muhammadu Buhari...
Oryx remains Monusco’s top transport helicopter in the DRC
The UN peacekeeping mission in the DRC (Monusco) has a Composite Helicopter Unit (CHU) based in the eastern DRC city, Goma.
The CHU includes three...
Investigation to follow SAPS helicopter crash landing
A South African Police Service (SAPS) helicopter crash-landed at Virginia Airport on Tuesday and an investigation has been launched to determine the cause of...
Prime Minister of Malaysia acquainted with state-of-the-art Russian helicopters at LIMA 2019
The Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad has visited a stand of Russian Helicopters (part of Russian State Corporation Rostec) at LIMA-2019 exhibition. Russian...
One killed as Cameroon military helicopter crashes in restive North West...
A light helicopter belonging to Cameroon’s military crashed on 13 May in the restive North West region, killing at least one official.
The helicopter, which...
Nigerian Air Force loses Mi-35 helicopter in combat against Boko Haram
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has lost an Mi-35M attack helicopter in combat while providing close air support to soldiers fighting Boko Haram terrorists...
Mechanical failure caused fatal Mali helicopter crash
The fatal crash of a German armed forces helicopter in Mali last year was caused by the failure of mechanics from manufacturer Airbus to...
At least 7 officials killed in Sudan helicopter crash
At least seven local government officials were killed in a helicopter crash in Sudan's eastern al-Qadarif state on Sunday, state news agency SUNA reported.
The...
Turkey flies indigenous T625 helicopter
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has carried out the first flight of its T625 multirole helicopter, the company's most ambitious project to date....
Military helicopter crashes in Ethiopia
A military helicopter crashed in Ethiopia's Oromiya region on and all 18 aboard, including 15 soldiers, were killed state-affiliated news agency Fana...
Tunisian military looking for new helicopters
Tunisia's defence ministry is looking for over a dozen new civil helicopters.
According to African Intelligence, the Tunisian defence ministry has issued a...
Eight killed in Senegal military helicopter crash
A military helicopter crashed in south-west Senegal, killing eight people and injuring 13 others, the army said.
Senegalese army spokesperson Abdou Ndiaye told...
External attack ruled out in German Tiger crash
German officials investigating the fatal crash of a military Airbus Tiger helicopter in Mali ruled out external attack or weather factors and...
Tiger crash in Mali explained
The crash of a German military Airbus Tiger helicopter in Mali last July was caused by incorrect settings on the autopilot, Germany's...
Luftwaffe helo crashes in Mali
A German military helicopter assigned to the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali crashed in the West African nation's desert north killing both...
China deploying first helicopter peacekeeping unit
China is for the first time deploying a helicopter unit to take part in overseas peacekeeping operations.
The unit, part of the 81st...
Somali refugees killed in raid off Yemen coast
Thirty-one Somali refugees were killed off the coast of Yemen on Thursday when a helicopter attacked the boat they were in, a...
Higher defence budgets to boost military rotorcraft market
Increased defence spending is set to boost the global medium and heavy military helicopter market, according to a new report, which estimates...