Naval Crash

A Chetak helicopter of the Indian Navy met with a ground accident on Saturday at the runway of INS Garuda, Kochi, officials said, adding that a navy sailor lost his life in the incident.

The Pune truck crash on Sunday, which led to a massive pile-up of vehicles on the Mumbai-Bengaluru highway, was caused due to its driver switching off its engine on a bridge slope, said police.

At least 30 people have been injured after a tanker crashed into several vehicles at Pune's Navale bridge today.

A naval power glider crashed near Kerala's Thoppumpady bridge on Sunday, killing a naval officer and a sailor on board.

The Civil Aviation Ministry's website crashed on Wednesday as panicked citizens abroad rushed to register for a repatriation of almost 15,000 Indian nationals from 12 countries on planes and naval ships.

The US Navy said on Wednesday two aviators had been killed in a F/A-18F Super Hornet crash during a training flight off the coast of Key West, Florida.

A Remotely Piloted Aircraft or RPA of the Indian Navy crashed during take off just outside the Naval base in Kochi today, a Defence spokesperson said. No casualties were reported.

A French naval ship is leaving the search for the remains of an EgyptAir jet that crashed in the Mediterranean, now that another specialized undersea search vessel is in the area and has located wreckage.

A French naval ship has detected a signal from one of two black boxes belonging to the doomed EgyptAir flight that crashed en route from Paris to Cairo on May 19, French investigators confirmed Wednesday.

A French naval ship specialized in underwater searches will help search for the black box flight recorders of the EgyptAir flight that crashed in the Mediterranean last week, killing all 66 aboard.

Egyptian naval ships scouring the Mediterranean Sea found passenger belongings and parts of the fuselage of an EgyptAir plane that crashed in the area on Thursday, killing all 66 people on board, the country's military spokesman said on Friday.

Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral RK Dhowan today said Indian Navy has been taking up remedial measures to avoid aircraft crash by analysing every accident, while stressing that air safety is of paramount importance.

Lieutenant Kiran Shekhawat - country's first woman officer to die in the line of duty - was cremated with full military honours today in Mewat, Haryana. Two years ago 27-year-old Lt Shekhawat had married a fellow naval officer Lt Vivek Chokar, but the two had never lived together. This was meant to change next month.

Two naval officers who died in an air crash last week were cremated today will full military honours. Lieutenant Kiran Shekhawat and Lieutenant Abhinav Nagori were on a Dornier aircraft which went down on Tuesday night off the Goa coast.

The bodies of two naval officers missing since Tuesday night when a Dornier aircraft crashed off the Goa coast have been recovered. Three people were on the plane when it went down. Commander Nikhil Kuldip Joshi, who was the pilot of the aircraft, was rescued by fishermen and is in hospital.

A Chetak helicopter of the Indian Navy met with a ground accident on Saturday at the runway of INS Garuda, Kochi, officials said, adding that a navy sailor lost his life in the incident.

The Pune truck crash on Sunday, which led to a massive pile-up of vehicles on the Mumbai-Bengaluru highway, was caused due to its driver switching off its engine on a bridge slope, said police.

At least 30 people have been injured after a tanker crashed into several vehicles at Pune's Navale bridge today.

A naval power glider crashed near Kerala's Thoppumpady bridge on Sunday, killing a naval officer and a sailor on board.

The Civil Aviation Ministry's website crashed on Wednesday as panicked citizens abroad rushed to register for a repatriation of almost 15,000 Indian nationals from 12 countries on planes and naval ships.

The US Navy said on Wednesday two aviators had been killed in a F/A-18F Super Hornet crash during a training flight off the coast of Key West, Florida.

A Remotely Piloted Aircraft or RPA of the Indian Navy crashed during take off just outside the Naval base in Kochi today, a Defence spokesperson said. No casualties were reported.

A French naval ship is leaving the search for the remains of an EgyptAir jet that crashed in the Mediterranean, now that another specialized undersea search vessel is in the area and has located wreckage.

A French naval ship has detected a signal from one of two black boxes belonging to the doomed EgyptAir flight that crashed en route from Paris to Cairo on May 19, French investigators confirmed Wednesday.

A French naval ship specialized in underwater searches will help search for the black box flight recorders of the EgyptAir flight that crashed in the Mediterranean last week, killing all 66 aboard.

Egyptian naval ships scouring the Mediterranean Sea found passenger belongings and parts of the fuselage of an EgyptAir plane that crashed in the area on Thursday, killing all 66 people on board, the country's military spokesman said on Friday.

Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral RK Dhowan today said Indian Navy has been taking up remedial measures to avoid aircraft crash by analysing every accident, while stressing that air safety is of paramount importance.

Lieutenant Kiran Shekhawat - country's first woman officer to die in the line of duty - was cremated with full military honours today in Mewat, Haryana. Two years ago 27-year-old Lt Shekhawat had married a fellow naval officer Lt Vivek Chokar, but the two had never lived together. This was meant to change next month.

Two naval officers who died in an air crash last week were cremated today will full military honours. Lieutenant Kiran Shekhawat and Lieutenant Abhinav Nagori were on a Dornier aircraft which went down on Tuesday night off the Goa coast.

The bodies of two naval officers missing since Tuesday night when a Dornier aircraft crashed off the Goa coast have been recovered. Three people were on the plane when it went down. Commander Nikhil Kuldip Joshi, who was the pilot of the aircraft, was rescued by fishermen and is in hospital.