A helicopter carrying Iran’s President Raisi apparently crashed on Sunday. However, the crash site is yet to be found by rescue crews. Iranian authorities say they have detected the exact location through a signal. Eko Hot Blog reports that rescue crews haven’t yet located the crash site of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. … Read more
Herbert Wigwe was the revolutionary cofounder of Access Bank. He died in a helicopter crash on Friday night. His demise was contained in media reports on Saturday but his company has now confirmed he was a victim of the ill-fated chopper. Eko Hot Blog reports that Access Bank Holdings, the parent company of Access Bank, … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that bandits in Niger State have killed 13 soldiers and brought down a Nigerian Air Force helicopter. The bandits ambushed the soldiers along the Zungeru-Tegina road in the Rafi Local Government Area of the state. They also brought down a helicopter that was on a mission to evacuate casualties from … Read more
Earlier today, residents in Kaduna has mistaken Airforce helicopter for bandits EKO HOT BLOG reports that residents of Kakuri, Nasarawa, Kurmi Gwari, Angwan Tarke, Romi, on Tuesday, ran into their houses, while some took cover, upon hearing the sound of a helicopter passing across the sky. The residents who were initially busy performing … Read more
Helicopter crashes with India’s defence chief, wife, 12 others on board EKO HOT BLOG reports that a helicopter carrying senior defence officials has crashed in the Nilgiri district of Tamil Nadu in India on Wednesday. NDTV reported that some defence officials were among the 14 people on the Mi-series helicopter. It said at least three … Read more
“From the information we got from a boat driver, there were passengers in the boat.” EKOHOTBLOG reports that many people have been feared dead as a yet-to-be-identified helicopter reportedly shot a local passenger boat in Rivers State. It was gathered that the local passenger boat was travelling from Port Harcourt to Bonny in Rivers when … Read more
Before anyone could do something, a broken blade slashed Ismail’s throat and he collapsed on the ground. A boy who dropped out of school but always wished to build a helicopter has died after one of the blades of his helicopter prototype slashed his throat while he was experimenting with it. The victim … Read more
Residents of Badagry area in Lagos State on Friday called the attention of authorities to a strange helicopter that had surreptitiously attempted an ‘off-the-radar’ landing in one of its neighborhoods. According to a viral video shared by the residents across social media platforms, the pilot of the helicopter, on sighting the approaching myriad of residents, … Read more
A private chopper belonging to the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has been suspended from flying by the Federal Government (FG). It was gathered that the AgustaWestland AW139 chopper with registration number 5N-EAA was suspended from flying over the expiration of some of its papers and spare parts. A private … Read more
As the sordid cloud of dust that was stirred by the unfortunate chopper mishap that rocked Lagos last week Friday begins to settle, fresh startling information about the incident, especially the helicopter, has come to the fore. You will recall that three persons were pronounced dead, with two dying at the scene and the third … Read more
Seven people have been reported dead in a helicopter crash off the Bahamas, including US billionaire coal magnate Chris Cline. The chopper went down near a small outcrop in the country’s north early on Thursday morning, the Nassau Guardian newspaper reported the minister of tourism and aviation as saying. “We’ve located the craft. It seems … Read more
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, said that he survived the helicopter crash in Kogi State in February saved many people, both in and outside of government, the trouble of explaining their roles in conspiracy theories that would have followed, otherwise. Professor Osinbajo stated this at a thanksgiving service for the elections victory of … Read more