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A Tunisian military helicopter crashed Friday during exercises in Gafsa province, killing one crewman and injuring another, the defense ministry said. “The accident occurred during a normal maneuver and the aircraft’s descent,” ministry…
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Iran opened a five-day registration period Thursday for hopefuls wanting to run in the June 28 presidential election to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash earlier this month with seven others. The…
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Iran on Thursday prepared to inter its late president at the holiest site for Shiite Muslims in the Islamic Republic, a final sign of respect for a protégé of Iran’s supreme leader killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week.…
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The helicopter in the crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was a US-made Bell 212, a model introduced in 1968 during the Vietnam War and last produced in 1998. Here is what we know about the Bell 212: Brought into service…
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A US military Osprey aircraft crashed into the ocean near Japan’s Yakushima island on Wednesday with eight people on board, Japan’s coast guard said. A spokesperson for the coast guard said it had no further details of the incident…
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Japanese police arrested a man on Thursday after a car crashed through a barrier near the Israeli embassy in Tokyo, local media reported. Video footage appeared to show that the small car had crashed through a temporary barrier and into…
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A US military aircraft has gone down over the eastern Mediterranean Sea, US European Command said Saturday. The command said in a statement that the aircraft crashed while conducting training operations. It said the cause is under…
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An AeroGulf helicopter crashed into the sea on Thursday evening and a search is underway for its crew of two pilots, UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority said on Friday. The crash occurred off the coast of Dubai after the helicopter…
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A Lebanese army helicopter crashed during a training mission in a forest east of Beirut on Wednesday night, killing two crew members and wounding one, the army said. The army, in a terse statement, said the helicopter crashed near the…
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Authorities in Kuwait and Jordan offered their condolences to the government and people of Saudi Arabia after two crewmen died when a Royal Saudi Air Force fighter jet crashed during a training mission in Khamis Mushait on Wednesday. The…
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