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Prosecutors allege that the man, identified in a press release as Serhii K., was aboard the boat that ferried the divers to the pipeline.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
He returned in 2019 aboard Soyuz MS-13 and served as commander of Expedition 61, becoming the first Italian and the third European to command the station.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
It didn’t say how many crew were aboard the helicopter at the time it crashed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
A small plane from local carrier Golden Bay Air tipped onto its side in the wind while parked at the airport with no-one aboard.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Many people believed that this was indeed the expedition that would bring home the prize, and Franklin and his men were sent into the Arctic aboard two extraordinary ships.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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