Do you want to access to this and other private contents?
Log in if you are a subscriber or click here to request service

German choppers get equipped with filters: the decision after the December 21 incident in Kabul

Berlin, Germany - The disaster, maybe avoidable, it was caused for the dust itself, according to the commission

They will be equipped with special dust-filters the 100 Sikorsky Ch-53s of the German Air Force, being this solution already available in USA since 1994. The decision is taken after that the investigators, who inquire on the disaster happened on December 21, 2002, close to Kabul, killing 7 German soldiers and two civilians, have emphasized the incident has been caused by the mighty powder that damaged...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 38123
Rome, Italy, 01/03/2003 19:35
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

Similar

AirportsTerrorist collaborator wanted in the US arrested on plane at Malpensa

He supplied extremist organizations with electronic components for the production of drones

He was stopped by the police of the Digos of Milan while on board a commercial airplane he was transiting in Italy at Malpensa airport. The 38-year-old Iranian citizen -a note informs- "was arrested for... more

AirportsRomania strengthens its F-16 fleet with three additional aircraft from Norway

Already landed at Câmpia Turzii, they will be operated by the 48th Fighter Squadron

At the 71st "General Emanoil Ionescu" Air Base in Câmpia Turzii, to equip the 48th fighter squadron more

DefenseIsraeli military operations against Syrian naval forces

Aimed to neutralize the naval threat

In a nighttime operation, the Israeli Navy conducted a series of targeted strikes against the naval fleet of the defunct Syrian Assad regime. The operations saw the elimination of several ships armed with... more