A military Mi-17 helicopter crashed in Peru's Arequipa region, killing all 15 people on board. The Peruvian Air Force confirmed the deaths of four crew members and eleven passengers after the aircraft lost radio contact on Sunday.
According to the Pinal County Sheriff's Office, the victims included the 59-year-old pilot, two women aged 21, and another woman aged 22. The identities of those killed have not yet been made public, pending notification of their families, reported Kens5.
The US military aircraft - a MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and a US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter- crashed in the South China Sea on Sunday in two separate incidents the US Navy's Pacific fleet said
Five people, including a child, were hospitalised after a helicopter crashed near a busy section of the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) in Huntington Beach, California, CBS News reported.
In an official statement by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the Government expressed condolences on the crash of the Ghanaian helicopter on Wednesday which resulted in the loss of several lives, including the Minister of Defence, Dr Edward Kofi Omane Boamah, and the Minister for Envi
Five adults, one infant and one crew member were on board the Aryan Aviation's Bell 407 helicopter operating in the "Shri Kedarnath Ji - Aryan Helipad, Guptkashi" sector that crashed on Sunday, the Civil Aviation Ministry said in a statement.
Speaking to ANI on the incident, Jha compared the crash to the recent tragedy in Ahmedabad, saying both had shaken the nation. "What happened recently in Ahmedabad was very tragic, and today's incident (Uttarakhand helicopter crash) is equally heartbreaking," Jha added.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Sunday reached out to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to enquire about the tragic helicopter crash in Rudraprayag in which seven people were killed.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday expressed profound sorrow over the tragic helicopter crash in Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, which claimed the lives of seven people earlier today.