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Taiwanese Female Officer Sucked into Fighter Jet Engine, Dies
January 23, 2025 @ 10:23 AMA Taiwanese Air Force officer died on January 21, 2025, after being sucked into the engine of an F-CK-1 Indigenous Defense Fighter at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base in Taichung. The incident occurred during routine maintenance after the jet landed, prompting an investigation to determine the cause and prevent future accidents
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Brazilian Air Force Completes Decryption of Black Box Recordings from AZAL Aircraft...
January 7, 2025 @ 07:30 AMThe Brazilian Air Force's Center for Investigation and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents (CENIPA) has finished decrypting the black box data from the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) plane that crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, in December. Sources within the agency confirmed to multiple news outlets that data extraction, collection, and verification from both flight recorders have been successfully completed
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Russia Attempted to Cover up Azeri Airlines Crash with “Absurd Theories”: ...
December 30, 2024 @ 09:10 AMRussia tried to cover up the December 26 Azeri Airlines Embraer plane crash that killed 28 passengers and crew with “absurd theories” that included the plane crashing into a flock of birds and an explosion on board caused by a gas cylinder. In an interview with AzTV aired yesterday, President Aliyev said that the facts indicate that the Azerbaijani civilian plane was damaged from the outside over Russian territory, near the city of Grozny, and almost lost control
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Did Russian Pantsir Missile Accidentally Hit Azeri Passenger Plane that Killed 38?
December 27, 2024 @ 07:38 AMAzerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432, an Embraer 190, crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38, with a Russian Pantsir surface-to-air missile suspected of bringing down the aircraft. Azerbaijani government sources confirmed to
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Russian Vessel Ursa Major Sinks Following Engine Explosion Near Spain: Real or...
December 24, 2024 @ 07:24 AMThe Russian cargo ship Ursa Major reportedly sank off the coast of Spain on December 23, after an explosion in its engine room. The vessel, reportedly involved in evacuating Russian military equipment from Syria, had been drifting southward in the Mediterranean at reduced speed before the incident, Ukrainian media reported quoting the country's intelligence Directorate
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Indian Navy Speedboat Collides with Ferry off Mumbai Coast, Killing 13
December 18, 2024 @ 05:26 PMAn Indian Navy speedboat collided with a passenger ferry near the Gateway of India on Wednesday, resulting in 13 fatalities, including three Indian Navy personnel. The Indian Navy confirmed that the speedboat involved in the accident was a naval craft that lost control during engine trials in Mumbai Harbour due to an engine malfunction
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Korea Aerospace Signs Logistics Support Contract for First Mass-produced KF-21 Fighter Aircraft
December 9, 2024 @ 10:42 AMKorea Aerospace Industries (KAI) announced on December 9 that it has signed a contract with the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) to provide ongoing logistics support for the KF-21, South Korea's first mass-produced fighter aircraft.
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Philippine Navy Guides Russian Submarine Out of Rough Weather
December 3, 2024 @ 10:45 AMThe Philippine Navy (PN) assisted a Russian submarine, UFA 490, navigating through rough weather 80 nautical miles west of Cape Calavite, Occidental Mindoro, on November 28. Responding to reports from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the PN deployed the BRP Jose Rizal (FF150) for monitoring and support
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Truck Carrying Patriot Air Defense System Overturns in Taiwan, 2 Hurt
December 1, 2024 @ 11:53 AMA truck carrying main parts of the Patriot air defense system overturned in in Pingtung Province, southern Taiwan on November 29 causing damages. The truck was part of a convoy carrying the equipment to a military drill
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KF-21 Fighter Jet Completes 1,000th Accident-Free Sortie
November 29, 2024 @ 11:05 AMThe South Korean KF-21 Boramae fighter jet has achieved its
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Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles