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In a letter to employees on 11 May 2015, Airbus chairman Tom Enders said, "We want to show our clients and air forces that we are fully confident in this excellent transport plane." Testing of the A400M resumed the following day, with Fernando Alonso, head of Airbus Military, on board the test flight acting as a flight engineer. The flight was ...
The wreckage was later found in 25 feet (7.6 m) of water off the coast of Navarre. [7] By March 12, the bodies of two soldiers on board the helicopter had been recovered, [13] and by March 17, all 11 bodies from the crash had been recovered and identified. [14]
The Airbus A400M Atlas [nb 1] is a European four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. It was designed by Airbus Military , now Airbus Defence and Space , as a tactical airlifter with strategic capabilities to replace older transport aircraft such as the Transall C-160 and the Lockheed C-130 Hercules . [ 3 ]
The Airbus A400M is a versatile aircraft, capable of air-to-air refueling and landing on beaches. British forces used it to drop aid to Gaza.
A search team investigating the deadly crash of a U.S. military aircraft in the sea off Japan last week has found wreckage and the remains of five missing crew members, the Air Force said Monday ...
NAVARRE, Fla. (AP) - Divers have found the military helicopter that crashed in dense fog during a Florida training mission, killing seven elite Marines and four experienced soldiers. More bad ...
Each helicopter was carrying four passengers in addition to the pilot. [4] Seconds after taking off together, at about 17:15 local time (20:15 UTC ), the two helicopters collided while climbing away at a height of about 100 metres (330 ft), and both crashed to the ground.
3 July – A Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in Khyber Pass, Pakistan, killing all 41 people on board. 8 August – A Eurocopter AS350 collides with a Piper PA-32R over the Hudson River between Hoboken, New Jersey and New York City, United States. The six occupants of the helicopter and the three occupants of the Piper aircraft all ...