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The Eurocopter EC725 Caracal, now called Airbus Helicopters H225M, is a long-range tactical transport military helicopter developed from the Eurocopter AS532 Cougar for military use. It is a twin-engined aircraft and can carry up to 28 seated troops along with two crew, depending on customer configuration.
On 25 November 2019, 13 French military personnel were killed in northern Mali when a Eurocopter Tiger helicopter collided with a Eurocopter AS532 Cougar. [14] [15] On 15 April 2020, a Cougar helicopter operated by the French Army crashed during a training exercise. The crash caused the death of 2 military personnel on board and injured other 5 ...
[e] [34] As the helicopters flew over the convoy, [f] the CJNG units opened fire. [39] One of the helicopters, a Cougar EC725 carrying eighteen passengers, [g] was hit on its tail with a Russian-made RPG-27 rocket launcher. [h] Once hit, the helicopter spun several times in the air as it tried to maneuver its way back into trajectory. It then ...
The five Marines who were killed in a CH-53E helicopter crash in Pine Valley, California, on Feb. 6, 2024, were identified. From left to right, Lance Cpl. Donovan ...
Around 60 people have died in Black Hawk-related crashes in the past decade, and two of the helicopters crashed into each other in 2023. However, the helicopter has a relatively low mishap rate ...
The Robinson crash-landed into a stationary helicopter, sending the propellers into the other aircraft before they eventually spun off. The helicopter spun out of control on Sunday morning. Jam Press
The unit experienced its darkest day in 2015, during the failed Operation "Jalisco" in which an unsuccessful attempt was made to capture the supreme leader of the CJNG, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, aka "El Mencho"; In the course of the operation, a FAM EC725 Super Cougar helicopter that was transporting multiple FER operators was allegedly shot ...
The Airbus Helicopters H225 (formerly Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma) is a long-range passenger transport helicopter developed by Eurocopter as the next generation of the civilian Super Puma family. It is a twin-engined aircraft and can carry up to 24 passengers along with two crew and a cabin attendant, dependent on customer configuration.