LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Two members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from Iran died in a gyroplane helicopter accident near Sirkan, a city in Sistan-Baluchistan province in Iran, on Monday, November 4, 2024. One of the deceased victims mentioned in the Fars News Agency report is Brigadier General Hamid Mazandarani, commander of Brigade Nineveh….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)– The head of El Salvador’s police force and a man arrested on charges of a multi-million-dollar embezzlement were among the nine people killed when the military helicopter in which they were travelling crashed, authorities said on Monday. Police Director Mauricio Arriaza was escorting the former head of a credit union, Manuel…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRAGERS)-An official investigation into the helicopter crash in May that killed Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and seven other people found it was caused by challenging climatic and atmospheric conditions, Iranian state TV reported Sunday. The final report of the Supreme Board of the General Staff of the Armed Forces said the main…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A viral post on X claims that a space laser weapon targeted the helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian. Here is why the claim is unfounded. Laser technology is advancing rapidly within the military industry. Armed forces in countries including the US, China, the UK and Israel have reported…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran could launch an all-out war on the world if it turns out an “enemy state” had a hand in the fatal helicopter crash that saw the country’s president killed overnight. The wreckage of the ill-fated US-made Bell 212 helicopter was discovered by rescue teams today, with initial reports suggesting that the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sebastián Piñera, the former president of Chile, died in a helicopter crash on Tuesday. He was 74. His death was confirmed by Chile Interior Minister Carolina Tohá, who said in a statement that the helicopter was carrying four people in the Los Ríos region of southern Chile when it crashed. The three…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The CEO of one of Nigeria ‘s largest banks was killed Friday along with his wife and son when a helicopter they were riding in crashed near Interstate 15 in Southern California’s Mojave Desert. Herbert Wigwe, chief executive of Access Bank, was among the six people on board when the aircraft went…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A senior Saudi prince and seven other officials have been killed in a helicopter crash near the country’s border with Yemen, state media report. Prince Mansour bin Muqrin, the deputy governor of Asir province, was returning from an inspection tour when his aircraft came down near Abha late on Sunday, the interior…