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File photo: Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde NEW DELHI: A helicopter carrying Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde was forced to return to Mumbai on Thursday afternoon after encountering bad weather mid-flight, officials said.According to news agency ANI, Shinde was travelling from Mumbai to Murbad in Thane district to attend a wedding ceremony in the…
Screengrab source: X/CENTCOM The US military on Monday released a video showing a machine gunner in a helicopter warning a cargo vessel to turn back after it was detected near Iranian ports, as US forces continue enforcing a maritime blockade amid escalating tensions with Iran.The footage, shared by United States Central Command on X, shows…
Since the 1960s, the skies throughout Himalayan frontiers have been abuzz with the sound of first the Chetak and then the Cheetah helicopters. These helicopters have regularly been taken beyond what even their designers thought was possible. In the desolate and barren super high altitudes of the frozen Siachen frontier, is where these helicopters shine….
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra cabinet minister and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal had a close call on Saturday when the helicopter he was travelling in landed in a parking lot in Pune instead of the designated helipad. Officials said a proper helipad had been prepared for VVIP arrivals, but the pilot reportedly mistook an open space in…
KOLKATA/MALDA: A mysterious drone appeared in front of Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s helicopter in Malda on Saturday just as she was heading to Gazole after a rally at Malatipur. Police have detained three people in this connection.Though the detainees claimed they had come to attend Banerjee’s rally and wanted to capture her boarding the helicopter,…
Union home minister Amit Shah’s rally in Golakgunj, Assam, was cancelled after his helicopter failed to land due to technical issues.He later addressed supporters by phone, apologised, and urged votes for BJP candidate Ashwini Ray Sarkar, backing chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Shah then travelled to Dudhnoi for another campaign event….
A new footage has emerged showing the exact moment an American Airlines jet collided mid-air with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport last year.The video, shared by 60 Minutes captures the mid-air collision with plumes of smoke rising and flames erupting as the two aircraft struck each other.The tragic…
A Qatari military helicopter crashed in the Gulf country’s territorial waters during a routine operation, the defence ministry said on Sunday.Also Read | Over 100 injured in Israel amid Iran’s missile attack; Netanyahu calls it ‘difficult evening in battle for future’The incident comes amid the ongoing regional tensions involving the United States-Israel and Iran in…
Video credit: X/@nextminutenews7 A helicopter on Wednesday carrying a dead body and five passengers crashed at around 11.51 am in eastern Nepal’s Khotang district, leaving one passenger injured, officials told news agency ANI. The incident occurred when the Air Dynasty helicopter was attempting to land in a field.“The helicopter crashed while landing in the farmland….
President Murmu takes sortie in light combat helicopter ‘Prachand’ NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday undertook a sortie in the indigenously developed Light Combat Helicopter ‘Prachand’ near the India–Pakistan border in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district.The helicopter took off from the Indian Air Force station in Jaisalmer, where the President was briefed by the captain before…
