LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A helicopter carrying six tourists and a pilot has crashed in Kenya‘s Samburu county, north of the capital, Nairobi, killing all those on board, authorities have said. The accident happened at 09:13 a.m. local time (0613 GMT), on Wednesday, according to the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA), after the aircraft departed from…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A young British couple and their pilot were killed in a helicopter crash on the Greek island of Sifnos on Monday, Greek police have said. They have been named as newlyweds Alexander Cromie and Marie Ebert, who were in Greece on their honeymoon. The private Bell 206 helicopter crashed just metres from…
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Zambia Vice President Mutale Nalumango escaped unhurt on Thursday when a military helicopter crashed shortly after takeoff during a campaign tour in Nakonde, ahead of next month’s general election. The Zambia Air Force aircraft went down within moments of leaving a rally venue in Nakonde District, Muchinga Province, where Nalumango had addressed…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oliver Tree, the singer, director and record producer known for his hit songs “Life Goes On” and “Miss You,” with Robin Schulz, has died. He was 32. The artist was among six killed when two helicopters collided in Recreio dos Bandeirantes, in the Southwest zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fifteen people, including seven children, have been killed in a tragic helicopter crash in Peru. The horrifying incident occurred after the Peruvian Air Force chopper disappeared from the radar in Chala Viejo, southern Peru, killing everyone on board. Of the fifteen lives lost, seven were children, and four were crew members, The…
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…
