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August 20, 2026

Collision with terrain Hanley Heli Service Inc. Bell Helicopter Textron 206L (helicopter), C-GCHM Fort Chipewyan Airport (CYPY), Alberta, 4 NM ESE

Airplane pilot killed; two state police crew members survived Wednesday evening collision at Carlisle Airport.

The Brazilian Navy denied in recent hours that the frigate Tamandaré (F200, lead ship of her class) suffered material or structural damage during the mission she is currently carrying out…

Researchers discovered an unexpected gift in radioactive fallout: a biological clock precise enough to settle whether adult hearts can regenerate. The post Cold War nuclear tests nearly doubled the…

Shortly before landing in Antalya, two Boeing 737s came significantly too close to each other. In the TUI Airways aircraft, the collision warning system sounded an alarm.

Inquiry into 2021 accident finds light jet spun and slid down embankment after braking late on wet runway. Brazilian investigators believe an unqualified passenger was probably flying an Embraer…

A Cessna 150 aircraft and a Bell 407 helicopter of the Pennsylvania State Police collided in mid-air near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, this Wednesday, August 19, the Federal Aviation…

Aviación Digital, Sp.- This August 20 marks 18 years since the accident of Spanair flight JK5022 in Madrid-Barajas, in which 154 people died and another 18 were injured. The…

The small plane reportedly collided with the police chopper from behind.

Two US Army pilots died when an AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed during a training exercise in Texas. The Army has since resumed flight operations.

Two US Army pilots died when an AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed during a training exercise in Texas. The Army has since resumed flight operations.

Two US Army pilots died when an AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed during a training exercise in Texas. The Army has since resumed flight operations.

Two US Army pilots died when an AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed during a training exercise in Texas. The Army has since resumed flight operations.

For a decade, a set of tactical intervention resources has remained active at all times, ready to be first on scene at a serious incident requiring personnel of…
August 19, 2026

A private spacecraft tasked with boosting the orbit of NASA's Swift Observatory has failed in its mission, meaning the telescope will crash back to Earth later this year.
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Five Americans were among seven people killed when a tourist helicopter crashed in a remote area of northern… The post Seven killed in EC130 helicopter crash during Kenya safari flight appeared…
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A British couple traveling to the Greek island of Sifnos on their honeymoon were killed when their chartered… The post British newlyweds killed in Bell 206 crash on Greek island of Sifnos appeared…

A NetJets Cessna Citation Longitude made an emergency landing at Akron-Canton Airport (CAK) in Ohio on August 18,… The post Video: NetJets Citation Longitude makes nose-gear-up landing in Ohio…

The union led by Pablo Biro holds official union status and is known as one of the traditional unions. Flybondi created ATAF with only simple registration. The company union -yellow-…

The NTSB released new surveillance video and investigative reports from its ongoing investigation into the fatal 2025 Philadelphia Learjet 55 crash.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying a team of investigators near Minden Hills, Ontario following an accident involving a privately registered Cassutt Racer aircraft, that…

About 12 billion years ago, a dwarf galaxy known as LKH collided with a young Milky Way and merged with it. This artist’s concept portrays that collision. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope uncovered…

This artist’s concept, released on Aug. 17, 2026, depicts a collision between our Milky Way galaxy and a dwarf galaxy known as LKH that happened about 12 billion years ago. A study of data from…

Battle-damaged Israeli A-4 Israel relied on France as its principal supplier of arms for more than a decade, but by the mid-1960s its desire to purchase more advanced and capable US weapons saw it…

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) will release its investigation report ( R23E0079 ) into the August 2023 collision and subsequent derailment of two CN freight trains near Wainwright…

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) will release its investigation report ( R23E0079 ) into the August 2023 collision and subsequent derailment of two CN freight trains near Wainwright…

Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to attain the proper touchdown point, and his delay in aborting the landing.
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A stage from a SpaceX rocket crashed into the Moon on 5 August, leaving behind a new crater. A few days later, the LRO probe trained its cameras on the lunar scar…

The Hubble Space Telescope has been orbiting Earth for more than 35 years, but it keeps making fascinating discoveries about the Universe. The latest concerns galactic archaeology […]
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The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU) opened an inquiry into a serious incident at Munich Airport. On August 15, 2026, during takeoff of a Boeing…