28 h. ago Moment military helicopter explodes into ball of flames after crash as it arrived back at airport

The Mi-24 helicopter with eight people on board was arriving from an airfield in the Lower Shabelle region before it plummeted to the ground and went up in flames.

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40 h. ago Huge explosion rocks airport as helicopter crashes into ball of flames

Huge plumes of smoke can be seen from an international airport in Mogadishu, Somalia, after a peacekeeping helicopter started 'spinning and then fell very fast'

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44 h. ago Major incident after helicopter crashes on airport runway as flights diverted

A Ugandan military aircraft carrying eight people crashed and burst into flames at an airport in Somalia as the status of those on board and the cause remain unclear

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2 w. ago Elon Musk jokes that it's 'just a scratch' as his SpaceX Starship rocket bursts into a gigantic ball of flames during explosion at test site in Texas

Elon Musk has made light of the latest SpaceX test, which ended with the enormous rocket exploding on the launch pad.

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2 w. ago How the safety record for SpaceX and Blue Origin compares as Elon Musk's rocket erupts in a ball of flames

Another SpaceX rocket has just exploded during an on-land test

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2 w. ago SpaceX Starship bursts into gigantic ball of flames after explosion at test site in Texas

The Starship 36 rocket was undergoing a static fire test at around 11pm when shocking footage shows its nose suddenly bursts open - causing the screen to momentarily flash white.

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2 w. ago Blitz on Tehran: Iranian capital is left looking like 'a war zone' after being rocked by dozens of huge explosions as Israel strikes back

Iran's capital city has been left looking like a war zone, following dozens of Israeli missile strikes that came as part of a set of massively escalating tit-for-tat strikes against each other

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3 w. ago Indian conspiracy theorists blame Pakistan for Boeing 787 Dreamliner tragedy as investigators probe cause of fatal crash

The Gatwick-bound 787 Dreamliner jet was engulfed in a ball of flames in the Meghani area of the city just minutes after leaving the runway.

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