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🇷🇺 Russian Mi-8 helicopter entered Braniewo, close to the Kaliningrad exclave. It remained in Polish airspace for about 42 seconds and entered ​to a maximum depth of about 300 metres.

Polish fighter jets were scrambled on Wednesday morning after a Russian Mi-8 military helicopter entered Polish airspace near Braniewo in the Warmian-Masurian region.

According to the Operational Command of the Armed Forces, the aircraft approached from Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast at 11:08 local time.

The helicopter remained in Polish airspace for around 42 seconds, entering Poland by approximately 300 metres.

The Russian aircraft's flight was continuously tracked by Polish radar systems.

The armed forces reacted immediately to the violation of Polish airspace. Fighter jets were scrambled and ground units remained on standby.

The Operational Command of the Armed Forces assessed that the nature of the incident may indicate an attempt to test the readiness level of Poland's air defence.

"The nature of the incident indicates that Russia is once again testing the readiness of our air defence" - the Operational Command of the Armed Forces said.

🇺🇸 U.S F-16 fighter jet crashes in Blair Township, northern Michigan, near County Road 633 and Blair Townhall Road.

F-16 FIGHTER JET CRASHES IN BLAIR TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN: FOX 2 DETROITpic.twitter.com/taa4P2nKpp

— NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) September 17, 2026

🚨 JUST IN: An F-16 has CRASHED in northern Michigan's Grand Traverse County, per reports

Eyewitnesses state the pilot successfully EJECTED and is "conscious and alert," per @sentdefender

Thank GOD 🙏🏻

Even successful ejections though can result in pretty serious and even… pic.twitter.com/bR1Mie9Hm9

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 17, 2026

BREAKING: A U.S. F-16 fighter jet crashed in Blair Township in northern Michigan. Initial reports say the pilot is conscious. pic.twitter.com/hVt8DrpRmq

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 17, 2026

Anther video from the scene via Adam Bartelmay pic.twitter.com/cw4jO0klkD

— Luke Brenner (@TheLukeReport) September 17, 2026

STAY AWAY FROM THE AREA: Responders are heading to a reported plane crash near County Road 633 and Blair Townhall Road in Blair Township.

Grand Traverse 911 says the plane is down near the intersection. Traffic in the area is shut down, and drivers should avoid the area.… pic.twitter.com/jQjFIlHoT4

— UpNorthLive News (@upnorthlive) September 17, 2026

🇺🇸 Three people were killed when an NBC4 news helicopter crashed and burst into flames Tuesday night in Chatsworth not far from a serious accident involving a Metro bus that also left three people dead.

The area was already swarming with police, fire officials and the news media because of the bus crash when there was a fireball and people heard a loud explosion a few blocks away.

The chopper went down between two commercial buildings in the 9100 block of Mason Avenue around 7 p.m.

The LAFD said at least one person on the ground was killed. Two others were taken to a hospital.

KNBC said reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw were killed.

NBC4 news anchor Colleen Williams confirmed around 9 p.m. that the station’s Chopper 4 had crashed. She had earlier told viewers that the station had lost contact with its team in the air.

“We are going to take a couple of minutes to think about that, to process, and to regroup,” Williams said before the station ended its live coverage.

Moreno and Marciniw’s last moments tragically were captured on a live broadcast. Video from their helicopter shows an aerial view of the bus crash, with the sound of the helicopter in the background.

Then, the sound of the engine’s motor winds down, the angle of the camera begins to descend, and Moreno is heard saying “You can’t pull up?” before the image cuts out.

Zoey Tur, a veteran news helicopter pilot who operated the type of helicopter the NBC4 crew was flying, said the aircraft has “an emergency horn that sounds when either there’s a low RPM issue or the helicopter loses hydraulics.”