BRIEF - AIR ACCIDENTS

Sunday Star-Times;  March 17, 1996 ;     17 words ...CHOPPER DOWN: Eight Filipino army officials died when their helicopter crashed on the eastern island of Samar.

Helicopter failure sent men to their deaths.(News)

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  November 1, 2005 ;     225 words ......yesterday into the deaths of 10 men who were killed when a helicopter crashed into the North Sea more than three years ago. The helicopter...Norfolk, heard. A subsequent report into the crash by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch concluded the helicopter crashed after a failure ...

Crash sparks inspections.(News)

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  March 1, 2006 ;     229 words ......Philip Ward of Glasgow, were killed when their Bell 206B helicopter crashed nose first in a Scottish field on December 21, 2005. An interim report from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch has revealed that the chopper...service at St Patrick's Church. The Bell Jet Ranger 206 helicopter ...

FLASH: A POLICE HELICOPTER CRASHED IN SOUTHERN TURKEY

Xinhua News Agency;  July 19, 2006 ;     16 words ...FLASH: A POLICE HELICOPTER CRASHED IN SOUTHERN TURKEY FLASH: A POLICE HELICOPTER CRASHED IN SOUTHERN TURKEY

10-death 'copter crash inquest opens.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  November 1, 2005 ;     266 words ......yesterday into the deaths of 10 men who were killed when a helicopter crashed into the North Sea more than three years ago. The helicopter...Norfolk heard. A subsequent report into the crash by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) concluded the helicopter crashed after a ...

Inquest opens into North Sea crash deaths.(News)

The Birmingham Post (England);  November 1, 2005 ;     276 words ......evidence into the deaths of ten men who were killed when a helicopter crashed into the North Sea more than three years ago. The helicopter...Norfolk, heard. A subsequent report into the crash by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch concluded the helicopter crashed after a failure ...

McRae's pilot licence 'out of date when helicopter crashed'

Evening News - Scotland;  October 10, 2007 ;   NO BYLINE;   178 words ......McRae, 39, died with his son and two friends when the helicopter crashed in Lanark last month. Today's reports suggested that his...years, ran out in February 2005. Strathclyde Police, the Air Accidents Branch and the Civil Aviation Authority are investigating...

Helicopter crash ordeal

Evening Standard - London;  August 10, 1999 ;     89 words ......when they were spotted by a fishing vessel after their helicopter crashed into the Channel. Philip Burgess, 37, and his wife, Lisa...ditching in Lyme Bay, Dorset. Neither had a lifejacket. An Air Accidents Investigation Branch report said today they would have...

Helicopter couple clung on for life after sea crash.(National)

The Birmingham Post (England);  August 11, 1999 ;     196 words ...A couple had an incredible escape after their helicopter crashed into the sea, according to a report released yesterday...overturned Bell helicopter in Lyme Bay, Dorset, said an Air Accidents Investigation Branch report. About 80 minutes after...

Two die as army copter hits cable ; Two Army service personnel were killed...

Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  May 30, 2008 ;   Liz Websterl.webster@bepp.co.uk;   383 words ......yesterday after a military training helicopter crashed. The Squirrel helicopter is thought...of Defence said: "An Army training helicopter crashed today in Devon. "Sadly we can confirm...a field 100 metres away when the helicopter crashed. He said: "I noticed there were two...

Three civilians killed in Afghan military helicopter crashed were...

AP Worldstream;  April 13, 2005 ;     256 words ......Afghanistan Three civilians killed when a U.S. military helicopter crashed in Afghanistan last week were employees of American company...press on with work in Iraq as well as Afghanistan. The helicopter crashed April 6 as it returned to the main U.S. base at Bagram...

US helicopter crashed in Iraq, 8 killed including 4 soldiers

Xinhua News Agency;  January 8, 2004 ;     140 words ...US helicopter crashed in Iraq, 8 killed including 4 soldiers BAGHDAD, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- A US military Black Hawk helicopter crashed on Thursday while making an emergency landing in Iraq, and all eight people on board were killed, a military...

People gather around the remains of a helicopter crashed at Sierra...

Getty Images;  June 5, 2007 ;   STR;   81 words ......Getty Images 06-05-2007 People gather around the remains of a helicopter crashed at Sierra... Full Size JPG (596 KB) People gather around the remains of a helicopter crashed at Sierra Leone's Lungi international airport 03 June 2007...

Smoke rises from the site where allegedly a US helicopter crashed...

Getty Images;  January 28, 2007 ;   QASSEM ZEIN;   105 words ......Images 01-28-2007 Smoke rises from the site where allegedly a US helicopter crashed... Full Size JPG (801 KB) Smoke rises from the site where allegedly a US helicopter crashed near the town of Zarqa, north of the central Iraqi city of Najaf...

Russian helicopter crashed on Norwegian Svalbard islands

Xinhua News Agency;  March 30, 2008 ;     149 words ...Russian helicopter crashed on Norwegian Svalbard islands STOCKHOLM, March 30 (Xinhua) -- A Russian helicopter crashed in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in the Arctic on Sunday, at least killing three of the nine people on board, according...