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…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A helicopter crash in a Kyiv suburb Wednesday killed 18 people, including Ukraine’s interior minister and three children, Ukrainian authorities said. There was no immediate word on whether the crash was an accident or a result of the war with Russia. No fighting has been reported recently in the Kyiv area. Interior Minister…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three people were injured when a helicopter crashed into the Atlantic ocean off a Miami Beach coast, the fire department said. The crash occurred around 1:10 p.m., Miami Beach Police said in a tweet. A video released by police showed the aircraft, a Robinson R44 helicopter, dive into the water dangerously close…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two persons have died and another critically injured after an helicopter which belong to Quorum Aviation crashed into a private building in the Opebi area of Lagos State on Friday. The helicopter, Hel Bel 206 with registration number 5N-BQW was reportedly coming from Port Harcourt, Rivers state. Tunji Oketunmbi, the spokesperson of…
