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Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, 63, is confirmed dead after ‘no sign of life’ was found at helicopter crash site – as drone footage shows aircraft slammed into mountainside

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is confirmed dead after rescuers found a helicopter carrying him and other officials that had crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran the day before.

Raisi, 63, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian; Governor of Eastern Azerbaijan province Malek Rahmati, Tabriz’s Friday prayer Imam Mohammad Ali Alehashem as well as a pilot, copilot, crew chief, head of security and another bodyguard, were all on board, according to Iranian media. All nine have been declared dead.

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NASA’s history of X-planes: As the X-59 supersonic jet dubbed the ‘son of Concorde’ is unveiled, MailOnline reveals the space agency’s most weird and wonderful experimental aircraft

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After years of anticipation, NASA finally unveiled its latest experimental aircraft this month. 

Dubbed the ‘Son of Concorde’, the $247.5 million X-59 plane is capable of cruising at 937 miles per hour – faster than the speed of sound.

It’s the latest in a long line of what’s known at NASA as ‘X-planes’ – experimental aircraft with weird and wonderful designs. 

As the past 75 years has shown, X-planes can break milestones and shape the future of aeronautics, or be

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Did coast guard plane pilot or air traffic control blunder cause Japan Airlines crash? Captain – and sole survivor – on smaller aircraft insists he had permission to take-off but officials say he was told to stay off runway

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A Japanese air traffic controller and the captain of a Coast Guard plane that collided with a passenger jet on Tuesday have given competing accounts of the deadly crash.

Japan’s transport authorities began inspecting the charred remains of the two planes on Wednesday and retrieved the Coast Guard plane’s black box, while local media said police were investigating possible professional negligence in the case.

All 379 people aboard the Japan Airlines (JAL) Airbus A350 had a miraculous escape after it

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Incredible deep sea footage shows sunken Japanese aircraft carrier for the first time in 80 YEARS after it was destroyed by US fighters during Battle of Midway: Explorers also surveyed US carrier and Imperial Japanese Navy battleship

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For the first time in eight decades, explorers have pictured a Japanese aircraft carrier sunk during World War II’s Battle of Midway. 

Japan’s aircraft carrier Akagi was pictured for the first time since it disappeared under the water in 1942 during the battle that helped during the Pacific campaign in America’s favor.  

‘This expedition is not only rewriting history and our understanding of these special places, but also pushing the limits of what we thought was possible in terms of

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Colorado man dead in single-engine aircraft crash near small airport

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A single-engine aircraft crashed in Colorado near a small airport and killed the pilot, Fox News Digital has confirmed.

The El Paso County Sheriff’s office confirmed that shortly after 12 p.m. on Saturday, August 5 a small, single-engine plane near Meadow Lake Airport near Falcon in unincorporated El Paso County.

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A general single-engine plane. Police said they responded to the crash at 12 p.m. on Saturday, August

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US Air Force unveils B-21 Raider – dubbed the most advanced military aircraft ever built

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The US Air Force has publicly unveiled its next-generation stealth bomber, which has been called the ‘most advanced military aircraft ever built.’ 

Pentagon officials and representatives of contractor Northrop Grumman revealed the B-21 Raider at a dramatic ceremony in Palmdale, California on Friday night.

As a crew of airmen drew back the tarp covering the sophisticated bomber, a cheer went up from the crowd of invited guests, excited to get their first glimpse of the plane after years of anticipation. 

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World’s most dangerous civilian piloting job? This man flies light aircraft solo across the Atlantic

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Kerry McCauley, pictured on a Zoom call with MailOnline Travel, has been a ferry pilot for 32 years

In any given year, an average of three pilots die ferrying small aircraft over the North Atlantic.

It’s a seriously perilous job that’s 95 per cent terror and five per cent boredom, according to Kerry McCauley, who’s been doing it for an astonishing 32 years.

He reveals the sweaty-palm-inducing scariness of the role in a riveting book – Ferry Pilot: Nine Lives

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