Helicopters
Nov 12 2008, AP

Italy has grounded the helicopters it uses to carry Pope Benedict XVI, the air force said Wednesday, after a similar aircraft crashed in France last month.

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In this July 28, 2007 file photo, Phoenix firefighters comb through the site of a helicopter crash in Steele Indian School Park in Phoenix. Four people were killed when the two news helicopters collided and crashed in a grassy park in central Phoenix...