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The aircraft involved was a Boeing 777-31H, [note 1] registered as A6-EMW with serial number 32700, and line number 434. It was powered by two Rolls-Royce Trent 892 engines and was 13 years old, first flying on 7 March 2003. [13]
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 ...
The helicopter was slowly losing height and picking up speed over the ground prior to crashing. [ 3 ] All six people aboard the helicopter were killed, namely Herbert Wigwe , the CEO of the Nigerian banking firm Access Bank plc , his wife Doreen Chizoba Wigwe, his 29-year old son Chizi Wigwe, former Nigerian Exchange Group Plc Chairman Abimbola ...
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection pilot was killed in a Monday helicopter crash near the southern border in California, authorities said. The Eurocopter AS35 helicopter went down around 10:15 a ...
The helicopter broke up in flight [2] while traveling about 229 mph (199 kn) at an altitude of about 2,000 feet (610 m); [3] the main rotor contacted and severed the tail boom due to severe vertical oscillations. The crew were performing one engine inoperative (OEI) recovery testing; the test induced a scissors-mode vibration in the main rotor ...
Bell announced its new project after the Bell 429 and Bell V-22, the super medium Bell 525, previously it was known as Project X or Magellan. The Helicopter is overall designed for trips of 50 to 500 nautical miles, and has a 5-blade main rotor powered by twin engines, digital controls and Garmin G5000H screen, with planned seating for 16-20 people. [3]
On 8 September 2024, a Bell UH-1H helicopter operated by the Salvadoran Air Force that was flying from Choluteca in Honduras to San Salvador crashed in the Pasaquina municipality of La Unión Department, El Salvador. The crash killed all nine people on board, including Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, the head of the Salvadoran National Civil Police. [1]
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