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☆ Nigeria's Access Bank Group CEO Among Six Dead in California Helicopter Crash
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - Six people, including the group chief executive of one of Nigeria's largest lenders, were killed in a helicopter crash in Southern California on Friday, authorities said. Six people were on board the helicopter when it crashed around 10 p.m. near Nipton, California, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. Access Bank Group CEO Herbert Wigwe's death was confirmed by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director general of the World Trade Organization, in a post on X, along with that of Nigerian Exchange Group's former Chairman Abimbola Ogunbanjo. "Terribly saddened by the news of the terrible loss of Herbert Wigwe, Group CEO Access Bank, his wife and son as well as Bimbo Ogunbanjo in a helicopter crash," Okonjo-Iweala said on X. The helicopter was headed to Las Vegas when it crashed near a border city between Nevada and California, according to multiple reports.

Persons: Herbert Wigwe's, Ngozi Okonjo, Abimbola Ogunbanjo, Herbert Wigwe, Bimbo Ogunbanjo, Iweala, Surbhi Misra, Jyoti Narayan, Andrea Ricci Organizations: Reuters, U.S . Federal Aviation Administration, Access Bank, World Trade Organization, Exchange, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, FAA, Eurocopter EC, National Transportation Safety Board Locations: Southern California, Nipton , California, San Bernardino County, Halloran, Las Vegas, Nevada, California, Bengaluru

☆ Exclusive-Mystery X9 helicopter takes shape as potential successor to Airbus H145
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Tim Hepher | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

PARIS (Reuters) - After a decade in the shadows, one of Europe’s mystery aerospace projects - the X9 helicopter - is taking shape as a potential future successor to Airbus Helicopters’ H145 light-twin chopper, with plans for a demonstrator underway, industry sources said. FILE PHOTO: An Airbus H145 French Securite Civile rescue helicopter takes off past Canadair aircrafts during the presentation of the 2023 plan to fight against wildfires, at Nimes-Garons airbase, France, April 25, 2023. A Berlin filing by Airbus Helicopters’ German subsidiary in 2020 noted its board had been briefed on the X9 and unspecified “further steps”. Any future H145 successor would regenerate the German side of Airbus Helicopters, formed from a 1992 merger between divisions of France’s Aerospatiale and MBB of Germany to counter U.S. rivals led by Bell, Boeing and Sikorsky. Those barriers are gradually fading as Airbus Helicopters adopts a system under which specialised sites pre-assemble major sections, which then converge on one site for final assembly.

Persons: Christian Hartmann, Lutz Bertling, Leonardo’s Organizations: PARIS, Airbus Helicopters, Airbus, Canadair, REUTERS, Airbus Helicopters ’, Reuters, Chase, Associates, Aerospatiale, Bell, Boeing, Sikorsky, Eurocopter Locations: Nimes, Garons, France, Donauwoerth, Germany, Bavarian, German, GERMANY, Paris, U.S, Spain, Marignane, Airbus Germany

☆ Exclusive: Mystery X9 helicopter takes shape as potential successor to Airbus H145
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Tim Hepher | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

PARIS, June 18 (Reuters) - After a decade in the shadows, one of Europe's mystery aerospace projects - the X9 helicopter - is taking shape as a potential future successor to Airbus Helicopters' H145 light-twin chopper, with plans for a demonstrator underway, industry sources said. A Berlin filing by Airbus Helicopters' German subsidiary in 2020 noted its board had been briefed on the X9 and unspecified "further steps". The same unit later said it would focus on ensuring "the future viability of civil helicopters" at Donauwoerth, Germany. Any future H145 successor would regenerate the German side of Airbus Helicopters, formed from a 1992 merger between divisions of France's Aerospatiale and MBB of Germany to counter U.S. rivals led by Bell, Boeing and Sikorsky. Those barriers are gradually fading as Airbus Helicopters adopts a system under which specialised sites pre-assemble major sections, which then converge on one site for final assembly.

Persons: Lutz Bertling, Tim Hepher, Mark Potter Organizations: Airbus Helicopters, Airbus, Reuters, Chase, Associates, Aerospatiale, Bell, Boeing, Sikorsky, Eurocopter, Thomson Locations: Donauwoerth, Germany, Bavarian, France, German, GERMANY, Paris, U.S, Spain, Marignane, Airbus Germany

☆ При крушении вертолета на Аляске погиб самый богатый житель Чехии
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-29 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Чешский миллиардер Петр Келлнер — самый богатый человек в Чехии и один из богатейших в Европе — погиб в авиакатастрофе на Аляске. Владелец международной финансово-инвестиционной группы PPF, чешский мультимиллиардер Петр Келлнер (56) оказался среди погибших при крушении вертолета Eurocopter AS50 неподалеку от города Бьютт в штате Аляска, передает ТАСС. Гибель самого богатого гражданина Чехии подтвердила в понедельник пресс-секретарь PPF Йитка Ткадлецова: «Господин Келлнер погиб в катастрофе вертолета на Аляске. Петр Келлнер занимал 68 место в рейтинге миллиардеров Forbes в 2020 году, а в течение 15 последних лет Forbes неоднократно включал Петра Келлнера в список самых богатых людей планеты. Потом он основал инвестиционный фонд PPF и использовал его для покупки контрольного пакета акций крупнейшего чешского страховщика во время его приватизации.

Persons: —, Петр Келлнер, Йитка Ткадлецова, Келлнер Organizations: Eurocopter AS50, Forbes, PPF, ТАСС, Национальный совет по безопасности на транспорте Locations: Чехия, Европа, Аляска, Бьютт, Кник, США

☆ Cold weather testing: Airplanes endure punishing extremes
▼ + stars: | 2014-02-04 | by ( Yenni Kwok For Cnn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —With extremely cold temperatures gripping much of the United States, travelers may be wondering how their planes are made safe for flying. Their mission was to see how their test plane, a long-range A350 XWB, withstood extreme cold. From cold to hotNew plane models undergo testing under extreme conditions before they're put into service. The cold-weather tests in Canada came only days after the MSN3 test plane completed high-altitude test in Bolivia. This kind of weather has made it an ideal spot to test aircraft.

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