Helicopter crashes into New York’s Hudson River, all six aboard killed
Reuters A tourist helicopter crashed into New York City’s Hudson River on Thursday, killing all six aboard including three children, New York Mayor Eric Adams said. The victims, the pilot and five passengers, were believe to include a family from Spain, Adams told a press conference. Rescue workers and emergency personnel work at the scene […]
SpaceX’s Starship explodes in space, again raining debris over Caribbean
Reuters SpaceX’s massive Starship spacecraft exploded in space on Thursday minutes after lifting off from Texas, prompting the FAA to halt air traffic in parts of Florida, in the second straight failure this year for Elon Musk’s Mars rocket program. Several videos on social media showed fiery debris streaking through the dusk skies near south […]
US restricts helicopter flights after Washington crash, 41 bodies recovered
Washington DC, US Reuters US authorities restricted helicopter flights near Reagan Washington National Airport on Friday, after a midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a military helicopter killed 67 people. Officials said that 41 of the victims’ bodies had been recovered by Friday, as crews worked to pull the wreckage of America’s […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 grounded after failure dooms batch of Starlink satellites
Washington DC, US Reuters SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket was grounded by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday after one broke apart in space and doomed its payload of Starlink satellites, the first failure in more than seven years of a rocket relied upon by the global space industry. Roughly an hour after […]