Air accident
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Azerbaijan
Mystery and speculation surround cause of deadly Kazakhstan plane crash
The plane with 67 on board had veered wildly off course, then crashed while returning from a Russian area struck by Ukraine. Twenty-nine people survived.
- by Katie Marie Davies and Dasha Litvinova
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Man dies after two boats collide on Sydney Harbour
Emergency services were called to New Beach Road in Darling Point around 6.30pm after two boats were reported to have collided.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
Lithuanian authorities search for answers after DHL plane crash
Germany is investigating several fires caused by incendiary devices hidden inside parcels at a warehouse in Leipzig for delivery by DHL earlier this year.
- by Andrius Sytas
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Aviation
Qantas pilot and aviation ‘mentor’ among those who died in plane collision
Investigators on Sunday scrutinised the wreckage of two planes that collided on Saturday south-west of Sydney, killing three men.
- by Angus Dalton and Ben Cubby
Final flight: Pilot turned off lights to hide take-off, flew over his own unit
An air safety report reveals a helicopter that crashed into a Cairns hotel, killing the drunk pilot, hit the building blades-first with its rotors on full power.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
‘Massive ball of flames’: Man dies in plane crash in central Victoria
Emergency services rushed to a farm east of Castlemaine on Friday afternoon, but the pilot died at the scene.
- by Lachlan Abbott and Hannah Kennelly
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Cairns
Aviation company staff member crashed helicopter after farewell drinks
Nautilus Aviation has released a statement to “address rumours” about the fatal crash of one of its helicopters into a Cairns hotel.
- by Sean Parnell
Deadly helicopter crash ‘could have been far worse’
The rotor blades of the helicopter smacked into the hotel rooms, one of which had an elderly couple asleep inside.
- by Savannah Meacham
‘A colossal ear-deafening bang’: Pilot killed after stolen helicopter crashes into Cairns hotel
A helicopter that crashed into a waterfront hotel in Cairns, killing the pilot, was on an ‘unauthorised’ flight and may have been stolen, authorities say.
- by William Davis
Passenger plane crashes in fiery wreck in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state
A plane with 61 people aboard headed for Sao Paulo’s international airport has crashed in the city of Vinhedo.
- by Gabriel Araujo
‘Horrible accident’: Person dies in plane engine at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport
The investigation has not yet identified who the person was, a Dutch police spokesperson said.
- by Gianluca Lo Nostro
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