The $10M Black Hawk is hailed by the West as one of the worldโs most reliable helicopters โ yet it has quite a history of deadly crashes. Letโs take a look.
๐ป2024: an Israeli Defense Forces Black Hawk crashed during a medical evacuation mission in Gaza, killing two soldiers. Pilot error is blamed for the accident.
๐ป2023: a Black Hawk helicopter from the Tennessee National Guard crashed in Alabama due to weather conditions and lost radio contact. Two pilots died.
๐ป2015: a Black Hawk crashed during a training mission in dense fog near Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, killing all 11 service members on board.
๐ป2006: Australian Black Hawk A25-221 crashed into the sea near Fiji on November 29 while attempting to land on HMAS Kanimbla, due to pilot error. Two crew members died.
๐ป1996: Army helicopters collided during exercise at Ft. Campbell on June 18. The main rotor blades of the two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters hit each other, leaving six people killed.
๐ป1994: two US Army UH-60s were destroyed by friendly fire from the USAFโs F-15 fighter jets over northern Iraq. 26 people died.
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What Israel and Hamas say about the release of Palestinian prisoners
Hamas
๐ฌ Palestinian prisoners will be released on Thursday at 3 p.m. GMT, Hamas' office for POW announced.
Israel
Netanyahu's office says mediators committed to ensuring safe release of Israeli hostages from Gaza in following stages.
๐ฌ PM's office ordered a freeze on the release of Palestinian prisoners from jail until the safe exit of Israeli hostages from Gaza is guaranteed.
Earlier on Thursday, Hamas released two more Israeli hostages and five Thai nationals.
Israel was expected to release 110 Palestinian prisoners, including those sentenced to life for terrorism, as a result of today's exchange.
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Israel
Netanyahu's office says mediators committed to ensuring safe release of Israeli hostages from Gaza in following stages.
Earlier on Thursday, Hamas released two more Israeli hostages and five Thai nationals.
Israel was expected to release 110 Palestinian prisoners, including those sentenced to life for terrorism, as a result of today's exchange.
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โ๏ธWorld champions in pair figure skating as part of the Russian national team, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, were on board the plane that crashed in Washington, a source told Sputnik. The 1994 world champions have been coaching figure skaters in theโฆ
โ๏ธCoaches Vadim Naumov, Evgenia Shishkova and six figure skaters have died in the plane crash in the United States, the director of the Boston sports club said.
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๐ฎ๐ฑ How Israel LIED to JFK and STOLE US uranium to build nuclear arms
Tel Aviv had a strong motive to eliminate President John F. Kennedy in 1963, as he opposed its efforts to develop nuclear weapons using uranium stolen from the United States, CIA veteran Larry Johnson told Sputnik.
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Israelโs nuclear arms - JFKโs private nightmare
โช๏ธJFK pressured the Israeli government to abandon its military nuclear program and sought to institutionalize regular inspections of Israelโs Dimona nuclear facility by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
โช๏ธGlenn Seaborg, then-chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, noted that nuclear proliferation was JFKโs "private nightmare."
โช๏ธJFK met with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion in the US to discuss Israelโs nuclear ambitions in May 1961. Ben-Gurion assured the US president that Israel had no intention of developing nuclear weapons.
โช๏ธThe CIA issued a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) stating that Israel was on track to "produce sufficient weapons-grade plutonium for one or two crude weapons a year by 1965-66" in October 1961.
โ๏ธ The theft of highly enriched uranium
โช๏ธBetween 1958 and 1978, over 300 kilograms of uranium-235 (U-235) in the form of highly enriched uranium (HEU) went missing from the Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) plant in Pennsylvania, US.
โช๏ธThe apparent theft was first discovered in 1965 after an inventory check at NUMEC.
โช๏ธThe CIA and other federal agencies launched an investigation into the missing uranium, which lasted from 1965 to the early 1980s.
โช๏ธIn 1968, the CIA reportedly found HEU traceable to the US near Israelโs Dimona nuclear complex.
โช๏ธDeclassified CIA documents from the 1970s (released in 2015) concluded that NUMEC uranium had been diverted to Israel.
โช๏ธDespite these findings, the US and its allies have continued to maintain a policy of opacity regarding Israelโs nuclear program.
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Tel Aviv had a strong motive to eliminate President John F. Kennedy in 1963, as he opposed its efforts to develop nuclear weapons using uranium stolen from the United States, CIA veteran Larry Johnson told Sputnik.
๐ Whatโs known about the plot?
Israelโs nuclear arms - JFKโs private nightmare
โช๏ธJFK pressured the Israeli government to abandon its military nuclear program and sought to institutionalize regular inspections of Israelโs Dimona nuclear facility by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
โช๏ธGlenn Seaborg, then-chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, noted that nuclear proliferation was JFKโs "private nightmare."
โช๏ธJFK met with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion in the US to discuss Israelโs nuclear ambitions in May 1961. Ben-Gurion assured the US president that Israel had no intention of developing nuclear weapons.
โช๏ธThe CIA issued a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) stating that Israel was on track to "produce sufficient weapons-grade plutonium for one or two crude weapons a year by 1965-66" in October 1961.
โ๏ธ The theft of highly enriched uranium
โช๏ธBetween 1958 and 1978, over 300 kilograms of uranium-235 (U-235) in the form of highly enriched uranium (HEU) went missing from the Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) plant in Pennsylvania, US.
โช๏ธThe apparent theft was first discovered in 1965 after an inventory check at NUMEC.
โช๏ธThe CIA and other federal agencies launched an investigation into the missing uranium, which lasted from 1965 to the early 1980s.
โช๏ธIn 1968, the CIA reportedly found HEU traceable to the US near Israelโs Dimona nuclear complex.
โช๏ธDeclassified CIA documents from the 1970s (released in 2015) concluded that NUMEC uranium had been diverted to Israel.
โช๏ธDespite these findings, the US and its allies have continued to maintain a policy of opacity regarding Israelโs nuclear program.
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๐นTulsi Gabbard SLAMS FBI, intelligence agencies for abuse of power ๐ Subscribe to @SputnikInt
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๐น Tulsi Gabbard CALLS OUT Neocons for supporting Al-Qaeda in Syria
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โSyria is now controlled by al-Qaeda offshoot HTS, led by an Islamist Jihadist who danced in the streets on 9/11, and who was responsible for the killing of many American soldiers.โ
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๐น Tulsi Gabbard CALLS OUT Neocons for supporting Al-Qaeda in Syria โSyria is now controlled by al-Qaeda offshoot HTS, led by an Islamist Jihadist who danced in the streets on 9/11, and who was responsible for the killing of many American soldiers.โ ๐ Subscribeโฆ
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๐น Tulsi Gabbard ABANDONS previous support for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden
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"Edward Snowden broke the law. He released information about the US Government's illegal activities."
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๐น Tulsi Gabbard ABANDONS previous support for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden "Edward Snowden broke the law. He released information about the US Government's illegal activities." ๐ Subscribe to @SputnikInt
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๐น Democratic Senator refuses to allow Tulsi Gabbard to answer his question
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๐น FBI Director nominee Kash Patel: โI believe America is not safer because President Biden's commutation of a man who murdered two FBI agents"
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โ๏ธUS President Donald Trump expresses his condolences over Russian deaths in Washington plane crash, according to a statement.
The United States is already in contact with Moscow regarding the Russians killed in the plane crash over Washington and will help repatriate their remains, Trump said.
Trump says the cause of the plane crash that left no survivors in Washington remains unknown.
The US president says standards for those working for US aviation system have sunk lower than ever before under his predecessor Joe Biden.
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The United States is already in contact with Moscow regarding the Russians killed in the plane crash over Washington and will help repatriate their remains, Trump said.
Trump says the cause of the plane crash that left no survivors in Washington remains unknown.
The US president says standards for those working for US aviation system have sunk lower than ever before under his predecessor Joe Biden.
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โ๏ธUS President Donald Trump expresses his condolences over Russian deaths in Washington plane crash, according to a statement. The United States is already in contact with Moscow regarding the Russians killed in the plane crash over Washington and will helpโฆ
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๐น Trump says warnings of military helicopter-passenger plane collision came "very, very" late.
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Breaking down Ukrainian army's collapse
Ukrainian monthly sanitary and irreparable personnel losses have amounted to about 50,000 in the past six months, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Where are the Ukrainian soldiers?
โพ๏ธAccording to official data, about 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have deserted from the military units and went on the run.
โพ๏ธThe number of deserters "could be as high as 200,000" since draft started, Western media reported, citing anonymous Ukrainian lawmakers.
โพ๏ธThe number of recruits in the Ukrainian Army's training centers has barely reached 30,000 per month for the last six months.
โพ๏ธOver the same period, losses in the Ukrainian Army are more than 50,000.
โพ๏ธRecruits without proper training experience are sent to the front line, which leads to a quick reduction of troop numbers. Many of these soldiers die, some surrender or simply desert.
โพ๏ธ"The brigade soldiers just looked at their trenches and quickly left their positions," according to Ukrainian media citing sources from the disintegrated 157th Brigade.
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Ukrainian monthly sanitary and irreparable personnel losses have amounted to about 50,000 in the past six months, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Where are the Ukrainian soldiers?
โพ๏ธAccording to official data, about 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have deserted from the military units and went on the run.
โพ๏ธThe number of deserters "could be as high as 200,000" since draft started, Western media reported, citing anonymous Ukrainian lawmakers.
โพ๏ธThe number of recruits in the Ukrainian Army's training centers has barely reached 30,000 per month for the last six months.
โพ๏ธOver the same period, losses in the Ukrainian Army are more than 50,000.
โพ๏ธRecruits without proper training experience are sent to the front line, which leads to a quick reduction of troop numbers. Many of these soldiers die, some surrender or simply desert.
โพ๏ธ"The brigade soldiers just looked at their trenches and quickly left their positions," according to Ukrainian media citing sources from the disintegrated 157th Brigade.
There is only one way for Kiev to delay the collapse of the front in Donbass for a few month - to lower the mobilization age from 25 to 18 years, the Russian Defense Ministry highlighted.
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๐น Democratic Senator Michael Bennet MELTS DOWN over Tulsi Gabbardโs criticism of NATO proxy war in Ukraine and past support for Edward Snowden
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โ๏ธHamas admits the death of its military wing leader Mohammed al-Deif
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๐น๐คก Russian pranksters trick Bundestag hawk into admitting HARSH TRUTH about Ukraine
There wonโt be German troops in Ukraine, said Johann Wadephul, one of the most influential figures in the CDU party, in a conversation with Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus. This time, they disguised themselves as Andriy Yermak, the head of Zelenskyโs office.
Acknowledging that Russia would be a forever enemy to Germany, Wadephul stressed that public opinion WON'T ALLOW politicians to deploy Bundeswehr forces in Ukraine.
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There wonโt be German troops in Ukraine, said Johann Wadephul, one of the most influential figures in the CDU party, in a conversation with Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus. This time, they disguised themselves as Andriy Yermak, the head of Zelenskyโs office.
Acknowledging that Russia would be a forever enemy to Germany, Wadephul stressed that public opinion WON'T ALLOW politicians to deploy Bundeswehr forces in Ukraine.
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๐ Top CONSPIRACY theories related to deadly DC midair plane-helicopter crash
The strange circumstances of the midair collision over Washington DC led to a number of theories being brought forth by people seeking to make sense of this tragedy.
โช๏ธCNN wrote a piece about the crash several hours before it actually occurred, several people claimed online
โช๏ธSome even compared it to a conspiracy theory from 2001, which claimed that BBC reported the Tower 7 of the World Trade Center collapsing before it took place.
โช๏ธOthers toyed with the possibility of the helicopter that collided with the aircraft being UNMANNED
โช๏ธThe collision was CAUSED DELIBERATELY to โtake outโ the aircraft in question, and that there could have been weapons of mass destruction (WMD) aboard the plane.
Sputnik could not independently verify any of this information.
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The strange circumstances of the midair collision over Washington DC led to a number of theories being brought forth by people seeking to make sense of this tragedy.
โช๏ธCNN wrote a piece about the crash several hours before it actually occurred, several people claimed online
โช๏ธSome even compared it to a conspiracy theory from 2001, which claimed that BBC reported the Tower 7 of the World Trade Center collapsing before it took place.
โช๏ธOthers toyed with the possibility of the helicopter that collided with the aircraft being UNMANNED
โช๏ธThe collision was CAUSED DELIBERATELY to โtake outโ the aircraft in question, and that there could have been weapons of mass destruction (WMD) aboard the plane.
Sputnik could not independently verify any of this information.
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