Iran President Ebrahim Raisi dies at 63 in helicopter crash

Associated Press 05/20/2024

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protégé of the country’s supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the country as it enriched uranium near…

Iran’s president missing after helicopter accident in foggy region

Associated Press 05/20/2024

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and other officials apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on Sunday, sparking a massive rescue operation in a…

Cavite helicopter crash: Navy forms team to probe why chopper went down

Charie Abarca - @inquirerdotnet 04/12/2024

MANILA, Philippines — A team to investigate the helicopter crash in Cavite that killed two of its pilots has been formed on Thursday by the Philippine Navy. This was according to Navy spokesperson, Cmdr. John Percie Alcos…

Kobe Bryant lives on

Immae Lachica 01/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines— A year without the Black Mamba. A year went by so fast and today, January 26, 2021, the world remembers NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna on their first death anniversary. Both…

Remains of PAF pilots, crew, soldiers ferried home to respective families

Jigger Jerusalem - @inquirerdotnet 01/17/2021

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The bodies of the military personnel who were killed in a helicopter crash on Saturday in Bukidnon are being brought back home to their families, a Phil. Army official said Sunday, Jan.…

Kobe Bryant chopper crash pilot had no drugs in system—autopsy

AFP 05/17/2020

The pilot of the helicopter that crashed while carrying Kobe Bryant and his daughter to a basketball tournament in California did not have alcohol or drugs in his system, according to the autopsy report released on Friday. Ara Zobayan,…

Vanessa Bryant sues LA County sheriff over Kobe crash site photos

Agence France Presse 05/09/2020

  Vanessa Bryant is suing the Los Angeles County sheriff’s department over unauthorized photographs of the scene at the helicopter crash that killed her husband, NBA legend Kobe Bryant, and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna. People magazine obtained…

PNP chief Gamboa, 7 others survive chopper crash in Laguna – Eleazar

Krissy Aguilar - INQUIRER.net 03/05/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine National Police chief Gen. Archie Gamboa and his co-passengers aboard the police helicopter that crashed in Laguna survived the mishap, PNP Deputy Director for Operations Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said Thursday. “At salamat…

PNP chief Gamboa’s chopper crashes in Laguna

Krissy Aguilar - INQUIRER.net 03/05/2020

MANILA, Philippines — A helicopter carrying Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Archie Gamboa crashed Thursday morning in San Pedro, Laguna. Gamboa and his companions have already been rushed to the hospital, a report from dzMM said.…

Investigators: No sign of engine failure for Bryant copter

AP 02/08/2020

LOS ANGELES — Wreckage from the helicopter that crashed and killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others did not show any sign of engine failure, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday. A witness told the…

In Photos: Cebuanos run for Kobe

Gerard Vincent Francisco 02/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Fans of the late NBA legend Kobe Bryant joined the Run for Kobe held at dawn on Sunday, February 2, 2020. Participants gathered at the Cebu City Sports Center (CCSC) where the run’s…

‘Citizen of the world’: Bryant promoted basketball globally

01/29/2020

ROME  — At a Lakers preseason game in Beijing in 2013, the arena rang out with chants of “Kobe! Kobe!” — despite the injured superstar not even having suited up. From Los Angeles to Italy, Asia and…

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