Russia denies Finnish airspace violation
August 25th, 2012 - 10:04 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian Defence Ministry Friday denied that the country's planes violated Finnish airspace.On Friday, the Finnish Defence Ministry stated on its website that "a Russian ... Read more...
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Russia allows NATO to use air base
June 30th, 2012 - 9:57 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian has given the approval for the US and its NATO allies to use a Russian air base in Ulyanovsk city as a hub for ... Read more...
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HAL to make multirole aircraft with Russian firm (Lead)
May 29th, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 29 (IANS) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) will manufacture a Multi-role Transport Aircraft (MTA) with a Russian partner primarily for the Indian and Russian air forces, the state-run defence ... Read more...
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Russia may blacklist air passengers, pilots
May 16th, 2012 - 10:14 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Pilots who violate work rules and unruly passengers could be blacklisted in Russia under a bill now in parliament, an MP said.Andrei Andreev, chairman of ... Read more...
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Fighter plane makes emergency landing at Russian air show
August 21st, 2011 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Zhukovsky (Russia), Aug 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Sukhoi T-50 fifth generation fighter made an emergency landing Sunday at an air show in Russia.The incident took place at the MAKS-2011 International ... Read more...
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New Russian air defence system by 2013
August 15th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A new short-range air defence missile system would be ready to enter service in Russia in 2013, former chief designer of Almaz-Antei corporation Igor Ashurbeili ... Read more...
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No changes in Russia-Poland relations after plane crash report
August 4th, 2011 - 9:41 am ICT by IANS
Warsaw, Aug 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Differences between Russian and Polish reports into the plane crash that killed then Polish president Lech Kaczynski will not affect bilateral relations, a top Polish ... Read more...
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Poland partly blames Russia for presidential plane crash
July 29th, 2011 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Poland Friday released a final report on the possible causes of the Tu-154 plane crash that killed then Polish president Lech Kaczynski last year. It ... Read more...
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Russian plane with 116 on board makes emergency landing
July 2nd, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian Tu-154 passenger jetliner with 116 passengers on board made an emergency landing Saturday following a technical snag in its engines.The safe landing was ... Read more...
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44 including 8 foreigners killed in Russian plane crash (Second Lead)
June 21st, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Forty-four people, including eight foreigners, were killed when a Tu-134 passenger aircraft crashed in Russia's republic of Karelia, an Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman said Tuesday.The ... Read more...
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11 die in Siberia plane crash
August 3rd, 2010 - 3:52 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A passenger jet crashed in East Siberia Monday, killing 11 of the 15 passengers on board, a Russian emergencies ministry spokeswoman said.
The plane was flying from the ... Read more...
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Poland uncertain whether to reveal black box records
April 23rd, 2010 - 6:40 am ICT by IANS
Warsaw, April 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Polish investigators have not yet decided on whether to make public data from flight recorders of the Tu-154 plane, which crashed April 10 in western Russia, killing ... Read more...
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Poland begins week of mourning after Russian air crash
April 11th, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Warsaw (Poland), Apr 11(ANI): A week of national mourning has begun in Poland following Saturday's plane crash in Russia, in which President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria and several other senior public ... Read more...
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Five killed in private jet crash near Minsk
October 27th, 2009 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Minsk, Oct 27 (RIA Novosti) No survivors were found at the crash site of a Russian business jet carrying at least five people near the Minsk airport, an official in Belarus said ... Read more...
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IAF eyes ambitious modernisation as it turns 77
October 1st, 2009 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF), which will be completing 77 years next week, has planned an ambitious modernisation drive that will see a quantum jump in its ... Read more...
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Fighter jets collide at Russian air show
August 16th, 2009 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 16 (DPA) Two pilots narrowly escaped with their lives when their Sukhoi-27 fighter jets collided during an air show near Moscow, a Russian military spokesman said Sunday.
The pilots managed to ... Read more...
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Dutch cameraman killed by Russian cluster bomb: Report
August 15th, 2008 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
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Amsterdam, Aug 15 (DPA) International rights organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) told media Friday it has evidence RTL television cameraman Stan Storimans was killed by Russian cluster bombs, despite an international ban ... Read more...
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US air-tanker dumps fuel over Kyrgyzstan
June 23rd, 2008 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
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Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), June 23 (DPA) A US military jet tanker dumped 30 tonnes of airline fuel over the mountains in southern Kyrgyzstan in an emergency manoeuvre, the US military reported Monday. The ... Read more...
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