Tag: Crash
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Military plane crashes, judges, soldiers, others on board all dead
A Russian Antonov military plane carrying Sudanese judges and injured people crashed on Thursday in the Darfur region of Sudan, with all those on board killed, according to the Sudanese Red Crescent. The plane was travelling from the city of El Geneina – located in the west of Sudan, near the border with Chad –…
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‘Two pilots dead as military jet crashes’
An Iranian MiG fighter jet crashed in the Northwest of the country on Wednesday, killing both pilots, the semi-official ILNA News Agency reported. A helicopter from the Red Crescent has been dispatched to the crash site near Sabalan mountain, according to ILNA. No further details were immediately available.
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BREAKING: Tragedy averted as Air Peace crash lands in Lagos [Video]
Tragedy was averted on Tuesday as Air Peace airline crash-landed at the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. The airline was said to have crash-landed on the runway, but no life was lost. #airpeace on runway 18R Lagos. Thank God no one was hurt. #lagos pic.twitter.com/HpItyEykz2 — Capt. Jamyl MD. Abubakar (@CaptJamyl) July…
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Seven children missing after vehicle falls into canal
No fewer than seven children went missing on Thursday after a vehicle carrying 29 people fell into a canal in northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police said. According to the police, 22 people were rescued from the canal and search for the missing ones was underway. The accident took place in the morning in…
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Pius Adesanmi’s family sue Boeing over Ethiopian Airlines crash
Family members of the late Nigerian writer killed in the tragic Ethiopian Airlines crash, Pius Adesanmi, have filed a new lawsuit against the Boeing Company. Lawyers Nomaan Husain of Husain Law + Associates, Floyd Wisner of The Wisner Law Firm, and Omar Khawaja of The Law Offices of Omar Khawaja, filed the new lawsuit against…
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Mofe Duncan confirms marriage crash
Handsome actor, Mofe Duncan has revealed that his marriage to his estranged wife, Jessica has hit the rocks Jessica accidentally revealed on Thursday during a question and answer session on Instagram that their marriage is over. https://www.instagram.com/p/BwJQYjOn9L8/ The actor has taken to his Instagram page , stating that their marriage packed up over a…
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Ethiopia plane crash: Telecom union mourns loss of two staff
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has mourned the loss of two ITU staff members who died Sunday when an Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed shortly after taking off from Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Ms Maygenet Abebe and Mr Marcelino Tayob, who worked for the ITU Regional Office for Africa, based in Addis Ababa,…
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19 UN officials perished in Ethiopian airplane crash
No fewer than 19 United Nations officials were aboard the Ethiopian airplane that crashed on Sunday, the UN Department of Safety and Security in Kenya, has said. The World Food Programme (WFP) lost six staff, the Office of the High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) lost two, as did the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). The Food…
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Ethiopian Airlines provides more details on ill-fated flight
The Group Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines, Mr Tewalde GabreMariam, has provided more details on its plane that crashed on Sunday morning shortly after takeoff enroute Nairobi from Addis Ababa. A statement by the airline said its management led by GabreMariam had travelled to the scene of the crash. He disclosed that 149 passengers…