Military Chopper Crashes

Nine Colombian soldiers died Monday when their helicopter crashed in the northern Bolivar department, where the military is battling the biggest cocaine cartel, authorities said.

Ten people were killed on Tuesday after two helicopters collided in mid-air during a rehearsal for a Royal Malaysian Navy parade, the navy said in a statement.

A military aircraft crashed near a student hostel in Rajasthan today. The pilot ejected safely.

Australia paused a major military exercise with the United States on Saturday, after a defence helicopter taking part in the drills crashed into the Pacific leaving four aircrew missing.

A military chopper accident left 22 US soldiers injured in Syria late on Monday. The cause behind the "mishap" is being probed, they said, clarifying that the helicopter didn't come under attack.

Japan on Thursday said rescue efforts were under way to locate any survivors after one of its military helicopters carrying 10 people crashed in the sea near Miyakojima, part of the country's southwest Okinawa island chain.

Two US Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Kentucky during a training mission, killing 9 soldiers, a military spokesman said Thursday.

Six Pakistan servicemen were killed in a helicopter crash in southwestern Pakistan, the military said Monday, the second deadly chopper incident in just over a month.

The body of Major Sankalp Yadav, who was killed in an Army helicopter crash in north Kashmir, were consigned to flames with full military honours in Jaipur on Saturday.

Black Hawk choppers are built by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company. They are being used by US military and the armed forces of 28 other countries.

Thirty-one people were killed in accidents involving 15 military helicopters since March 2017 that included the December 8 crash of the Mi-17V5 near Coonoor, according to details provided by the government in Lok Sabha on Friday.

Group Captain Varun Singh, who was rescued after the helicopter crash that killed Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others on December 8, died today.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday wished the lone survivor of the Tamil Nadu military chopper crash, Group Captain Varun Singh a "quick and complete" recovery, and said that the nation stands with him on his road to recovery.

Army Chief General M M Naravane, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar, and other military officers paid tributes to Lieutenant Colonel Singh.

On the occasion 'Swarnim Vijay Parv', a pre-recorded message of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Singh Rawat, who lost his life in a military chopper crash earlier this week, was played at an event at India Gate lawns.

Nine Colombian soldiers died Monday when their helicopter crashed in the northern Bolivar department, where the military is battling the biggest cocaine cartel, authorities said.

Ten people were killed on Tuesday after two helicopters collided in mid-air during a rehearsal for a Royal Malaysian Navy parade, the navy said in a statement.

A military aircraft crashed near a student hostel in Rajasthan today. The pilot ejected safely.

Australia paused a major military exercise with the United States on Saturday, after a defence helicopter taking part in the drills crashed into the Pacific leaving four aircrew missing.

A military chopper accident left 22 US soldiers injured in Syria late on Monday. The cause behind the "mishap" is being probed, they said, clarifying that the helicopter didn't come under attack.

Japan on Thursday said rescue efforts were under way to locate any survivors after one of its military helicopters carrying 10 people crashed in the sea near Miyakojima, part of the country's southwest Okinawa island chain.

Two US Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Kentucky during a training mission, killing 9 soldiers, a military spokesman said Thursday.

Six Pakistan servicemen were killed in a helicopter crash in southwestern Pakistan, the military said Monday, the second deadly chopper incident in just over a month.

The body of Major Sankalp Yadav, who was killed in an Army helicopter crash in north Kashmir, were consigned to flames with full military honours in Jaipur on Saturday.

Black Hawk choppers are built by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company. They are being used by US military and the armed forces of 28 other countries.

Thirty-one people were killed in accidents involving 15 military helicopters since March 2017 that included the December 8 crash of the Mi-17V5 near Coonoor, according to details provided by the government in Lok Sabha on Friday.

Group Captain Varun Singh, who was rescued after the helicopter crash that killed Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others on December 8, died today.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday wished the lone survivor of the Tamil Nadu military chopper crash, Group Captain Varun Singh a "quick and complete" recovery, and said that the nation stands with him on his road to recovery.

Army Chief General M M Naravane, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar, and other military officers paid tributes to Lieutenant Colonel Singh.

On the occasion 'Swarnim Vijay Parv', a pre-recorded message of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Singh Rawat, who lost his life in a military chopper crash earlier this week, was played at an event at India Gate lawns.