The plane was landing but then crashed, said Wau’s Acting Airport Manager Stephen Youngule, Joinfo.com reports with reference to ABC News. “The plane touched down and then jumped up again. The pilot couldn’t control it,” said Youngule, who is also ...
Read More »3 killed, 2 injured after small plane crashes into California home
Officials said the crash happened near Rhonda Road and Dewey Avenue in Riverside around 4:40 p.m. It appeared the plane clipped one home, crashed into another and the fire engulfed a third home. Two of those homes were completely destroyed, ...
Read More »35 people killed in Turkish cargo plane crash in Kyrgyzstan
The plane crashed at 7:31 am local time (GMT+6) in the village of Dacha-Suu near the Manas International Airport 25 km from the capital Bishkek, according to the local outlet AKIpress. Flight TK6491 of Turkish Airlines was supposed to stop at ...
Read More »Russian plane crashed into Black Sea at 500 km per hour – Defense Ministry
The Russian Defense Ministry said the plane that crashed with 92 people on board on December 25, fell into the Black Sea at a speed of over 500 kilometers per hour, TASS agency reports. At the time of the tragedy, ...
Read More »Five killed in cargo plane crash on takeoff in Columbia
The cargo aircraft was going to the Colombian capital Bogota. It crashed at the takeoff from the German Olano airport in Colombia, near the Venezuelan border, as it overshot the runway and smashed into a fence. It happened last night ...
Read More »Pakistan plane crash: flight with 40 people on board crashed in the north of the country
The flight PK661 of Pakistan International Airline (PIA), carrying around 40 people, was en route to Islamabad from Chitral when it lost contact with air traffic control, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the local media. The plane has reportedly crashed ...
Read More »Indonesian police plane with 15 passengers missing
The authorities suspect that the M28 Skytruck plane crashed somewhere between the Islands of Mensanak and Sebangka or Gentar, off the coast of Sumatra, according to the Indonesian police, Joinfo.com reports. The aircraft lost contact about 50 minutes after takeoff ...
Read More »Nine Chapecoense players who did not travel with the team are coming to terms with the disaster at the club’s headquarters
The nine players who were not traveling with the team must now come to terms with the decimation of their club on the eve of what should have been its finest moment, Mirror reports. On Wednesday night, tiny Chapecoense were ...
Read More »Plane carrying 81 people crashes in Colombia mountainous area
A plane, carrying 81 passengers including the Brazilian football team Chapecoense Real, believed to have come down in a mountainous area outside Medellin shortly before midnight local time, according to Sky News. Colombia declared emergency. Colombia’s civil aviation association said ...
Read More »EgyptAir 804 crash: Egypt army found debris in the Mediterranean
Egypt’s army spokesman said wreckage and passenger belongings were found 290km (180 miles) from Alexandria, the BBC reports. In a statement, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi spoke of his “utmost sadness and regret” at the crash. EgyptAir also confirmed the discovery ...
Read More »An-26 cargo plane crashed off Bangladesh coast
Three of the four crew members of the plane (all of them Ukrainian) were found – two are dead and one is in a critical condition, the consular service department of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has said, Interfax reports. “According ...
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