Malaysian navy helicopters collide in mid-air, 10 killed
Kuala Lumpur Reuters Two Malaysian navy helicopters collided in mid-air during a rehearsal for a naval parade on Tuesday, killing all 10 crew members aboard, the navy said in a statement. Emergency personnel work at the site of a helicopter crash in Lumut, Perak, Malaysia, on 23rd April, 2024. PICTURE: Fire and Rescue Department of […]
Tearful Zelenskiy honours top Ukrainian officials killed in helicopter crash
Kyiv, UkraineReuters A tearful Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attended a memorial service on Saturday to commemorate seven senior officials killed in a helicopter crash, a fresh blow to a nation already grieving its many war dead. Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi, his deputy and five other high-ranking ministry officials were killed on Wednesday when their French-made […]
‘Where are the kids?’ Ukrainian mother recounts helicopter crash horror
Brovary, UkraineReuters Anna Maiboroda feared the worst when a helicopter carrying Ukraine’s interior minister crashed near her daughter Vika’s nursery, setting the building ablaze with her daughter inside. The young mother ran to the burning nursery but could not see her daughter. “I started screaming ‘Where are the kids?’. I heard that the kids are […]
Ukraine helicopter crash kills interior minister in Kyiv as fighting rages on in east
Updated: 8:20am, 19th January, 2022 (AEST)Brovary Ukraine Reuters Ukraine’s interior minister and a child were among at least 14 people killed on Wednesday when a helicopter crashed into a nursery and set it ablaze in a suburb of the capital Kyiv. Separately, Ukraine said its forces again blunted Russian attempts to advance on the frontline […]
India’s defence chief to be laid to rest with full military honours
New Delhi, IndiaReuters The bodies of India’s defence chief and 12 others who died in a helicopter crash will be brought to New Delhi on Thursday, where the top general will be laid to rest with full military honours, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said. General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 12 defence personnel were en […]