TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Hilda Hernandez, sister of President Juan Orlando Hernandez, and five other people were killed in a helicopter crash Saturday on a mountain near the Honduran capital.

Hernandez, 51, was an agronomy engineer who served as communications minister under her brother and as minister of social development during the previous administration of then-President Porfirio Lobo.

The military helicopter carrying Hernandez, four members of her security detail and a pilot took off from Tegucigalpa’s international airport in the morning bound for her residence in Comayagua, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) from the capital.

Soon afterward, the air force reported that the aircraft had gone missing. The wreckage was later discovered in the mountains outside Tegucigalpa with no survivors.

Reynaldo Sanchez, the head of the president’s National Party, said in a statement: “Be with God, Hilda Hernandez, a tireless fighter for our party.”

On December 14, 2017 an Atlas Cheetah C operated by the Ecuadorian Air Force crashed shortly after takeoff between the Buenos Aires and Nueva Colonia precincts of the Yaguachi canton, province of Guayas.

The aircraft is reported to be serial number FAE1371 and the pilot ejected safely.

Cape Town - Eight people were injured after an SANDF helicopter Oryx crashed near the N1 at the Huguenot tunnel outside Cape Town on Sunday.

Western Cape Traffic Chief Kenny Africa confirmed that the chopper went down just outside the Huguenot tunnel on the Worcester side.

"We will be closing the Du Toitskloof Pass due to a helicopter that crashed on the Worcester side of Du Toitskloof Pass," he said.

He urged motorists to use alternative routes from Worcester to Cape Town via Villiersdorp, Grabouw or Wolseley.

ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring confirmed the crash, saying eight people were injured.

"ER24 paramedics, along with several other services, arrived on the scene to find a large helicopter lying across the entire highway. Debris from the helicopter was spread across the scene," he said.

"Eight people were found to be injured. One had sustained serious injuries while seven others had sustained minor to moderate injuries," Meiring said.

He said the patients were treated on the scene, while the seriously injured patients received advanced life support, before they were all transported to a nearby hospital for further treatment.

"The local authorities were on the scene for further investigations," Meiring said.

The SA National Defence Force spokesperson Siphiwe Dlamini confirmed the incident.

"The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) can confirm that an Air Force Helicopter Oryx belonging to the South African Air Force (SAAF) crash landed along the N1 near the Hugenot Tunnel in the Western Cape," he said in a statement.

gotta have to shake a few myths away first (get some old school cainis TUDM General on PR campaign)
plus put in more incentives (mostly offer better pay and career progression than commercial businesses)
maybe even get some propaganda in to encourage youths in general to have a more positive view on the military

gotta have to shake a few myths away first (get some old school cainis TUDM General on PR campaign)
plus put in more incentives (mostly offer better pay and career progression than commercial businesses)
maybe even get some propaganda in to encourage youths in general to have a more positive view on the military

in private old chinese senior officers will tell you don't bother.

yeah

last time it was different. ATM was actually a reasonable career path for nons during the 80s - I have family who were in. but things changed...

Care to elaborate? 

the usual lor. glass ceiling...

the usual lor. glass ceiling...

Aiya, non-malay numbers very small in the armed forces. How many percent you think is capable to be promoted from lower/mid ranks from numbers that small?

Going by the numbers of non-malays currently in service, I 'd be surprised there is more than 5% of them in the higher ranks. This is true in almost any working environment, not just the military. Military promotion operates just like any other job promotion; influence, favoritism and work politics will still take into effect. This isn't a video game where you level up automatically.

aduiii

with small % of non-malay in malaysia military, u expect all of the % or majority of the % must be made generals or any top position in army? 

Aiya, non-malay numbers very small in the armed forces. How many percent you think is capable to be promoted from lower/mid ranks from numbers that small?

Going by the numbers of non-malays currently in service, I 'd be surprised there is more than 5% of them in the higher ranks. This is true in almost any working environment, not just the military. Military promotion operates just like any other job promotion; influence, favoritism and work politics will still take into effect. This isn't a video game where you level up automatically.