Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev is demanding answers, saying Vladimir Putin’s latest apology “isn’t enough” and that Moscow must take responsibility.

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Assemblywoman Amy Paulin pushes for Small Plane Safety Bills
Assemblymember Amy Paulin urges the legislature to pass her bills to make small planes safer, A.3920 and A.1175. The legislation would require small plane owners to register with the NYSDOT and show proof of third-party insurance, helping to track small plane use and protect victims of plane crashes. The second bill authorizes the study of general aviation flight operations by the New York State Department of Transportation
NY Collision over the Hudson
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What: Piper PA-32 registered to LCA Partnership in Fort Washington, Pa flying out of Teteboro Airport to Ocean City and a Liberty Helicopter Sightseeing Tour Eurocopter AS 350
Where: over the Hudson River between New York and Hoboken, New Jersey near West 14th Street
When: Sat Aug 8 2009
Who: Helicopter: 5 Italian tourists and a pilot;
plane: pilot and 2 passengers (including a child)
Why: The airplane flew into the helicopter. The impact (or rotors) severed off the plane’s wing. Both aircrafts are in the river. The helicopter is reported to have “dropped like a rock” when the aircrafts “clipped.”
Two bodies have been recovered. Recovery mission is ongoing.
Warrant Issued for Kingfisher Owner
Kingfisher bounced checks of 105 million rupees (£1.25m) to settle user fees at Hyderabad International Airport.
Then the airline failed to appear in court, leading the local sessions court to issue an arrest warrant for Vijay Mallya, owner of Kingfisher Airline.
Staff of Kingfisher Airline has not been paid for months. Debts are said to total $2.49bn, with $1.1bn of bank debt.
India’s Aviation regulator grounded the Kingfisher fleet for the last two weeks and is threatening to cancel its license.
India Punishes Drunk Pilots
Those involved have been disciplined for breaking India’s “no alcohol 12 hours before flying” rule. Individuals not passing breathalizer testing are grounded for a month.

Video shows flames shooting from plane wing during scary landing
An Air Canada Express plane wing spewed flames during landing at Halifax Stanfield Airport in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Putin apologises to Azerbaijan’s president over ‘tragic’ plane crash
Vladimir Putin says incident occurred in Russian airspace, but stops short of acknowledging Moscow’s possible role.