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 by AFP Staff Writers Abidjan (AFP) Sept 23, 2021
The crash of an Ivorian Mi-24 military helicopter on September 10 in northern Ivory Coast, killing five people, was due to bad weather, the head of the armed forces has said. "The initial conclusions of the investigation launched the day after the accident (...) indicate that the crash occurred due to unfavourable weather conditions," General Lassina Doumbia said in a statement Wednesday evening. The helicopter crashed in the middle of the night two kilometres (1.2 miles) north of Togolokaye, near the border with Burkina Faso -- an area where Ivory Coast has experienced several attacks by suspected jihadists. Searchers were able to recover one of the helicopter's black boxes and found the remains of the five crew, consisting of "three (foreign) instructors" and two Ivorian airmen. According to corroborating sources, the instructors were of Bulgarian nationality. The Mi-24 is a heavy-duty helicopter gunship with transport for eight troops which first entered service in the Soviet Air Force in 1972. The helicopter was on a "mission," said government spokesman Amadou Coulibaly, without giving further details. A tribute will be paid to the Ivorian victims on Friday in Abidjan, the statement added, while a ceremony will be organised in honour of the foreign instructors before the repatriation of their bodies.
U.S. Air Force seeing 'good progress' on new B-21 Raider stealth bombers Washington DC (UPI) Sep 21, 2021 An arms contractor is making "good progress" on the production of five B-21 Raider stealth bombers, U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall disclosed during a speech this week. Speaking Monday at the Air Force Association's Air, Cyber and Space Conference outside Washington D.C., Kendall said five test examples of the aircraft are being developed by Northrop Grumman Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., report Flight Global and The Drive. B-21 Raider is the most advanced bomber to date ... read more
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