Tag: Crash
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Buhari mourns Air Force officers who died in helicopter crash
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed heartfelt condolences to the Nigerian Air Force, and relations of five people who lost their lives in a military helicopter crash January 2 in Damasak, Borno State. The president mourns Flight Lieutenant Perowei Jacob (Pilot in Command), Flight Lieutenant Kaltho Paul Kilyofas (Co-Pilot), Sergeant Auwal Ibrahim (Flight Technician), Lance Corporal…
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Train crash kills nine, injures 47
Nine people were on Thursday killed and nearly 50 injured in Turkey when a high speed train collided with a locomotive and crashed into a station platform and overpass in Ankara, officials said. Rescuers worked to free people trapped under the mangled wreckage at Marsandiz train station, 8 km (5 miles) from central Ankara. It…
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Four die, 13 injured as four vehicles crash in Abuja
Four persons have lost their lives in an early morning crash involving four vehicles at Ushafa-Bwari road on Monday. It was gathered that three males and one female died, while 13 others were injured in the accident which involved a commercial bus, a 2001 Mazda 232 car, 2004 Toyota Corolla and another Toyota Corolla. The…
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Five die, 13 survive in helicopter crash
Twelve mainly Russian climbers and a crew member have survived a helicopter crash in the mountains of Tajikistan. But three Russian climbers and two Tajik pilots died in the accident in the Pamir Mountains in east Tajikistan. The “hard landing” of the helicopter happened at 17:30 (11:30 GMT) on Sunday, Tajik officials said. Russian news…
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Algeria: More than 250 killed in military plane crash
More than 250 people were killed when a military plane crashed in a field near Algeria’s capital on Wednesday, state media said, with witnesses saying they saw a wing catch fire shortly after the plane took off. Dozens of firefighters, rescue workers and military officials worked around the blackened fuselage of the aircraft, which had…
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Fourteen killed in Canadian youth hockey team bus crash
Fourteen people were killed when a bus carrying a Canadian junior hockey team collided with a truck in Saskatchewan province, police said, in one of the worst disasters to strike Canada’s sporting community. The tragedy sent shock waves through the hockey-loving nation and engulfed the home of the Humboldt Broncos ice hockey team, a small…
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10 dead as light plane crashes into house in Philippines
Ten people, including three children, were killed on Saturday when a twin-engine light aircraft crashed into a house in the northern Philippines, officials said. The Piper 23 Apache plane had just taken off from an airport in the town of Plaridel in Bulacan province when it stalled and plunged, said the Civil Aviation Authority of…
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Just in: Senator John Shagaya is dead
Former Senator representing Plateau Southern Zone, General John Nanzip Shagaya (Rtd), has died following a ghastly motor accident on his way to his hometown, Langtang. Shagaya reportedly died following a motor accident that occurred while he was on his way to Langtang, Plateau state. General Shagaya was recently appointed as the Chairman National Institute for…
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JUST IN: 4 dead, 6 injured as airplane crashes into sea in Cote d’Ivoire
Four people were killed and six injured when a small cargo airplane crashed off the shores of Cote d’Ivoire, according to Reuters, citing a local airport management company. The country’s security minister said the four dead were Moldovan citizens while the four injured were French. The turboprop plane was flying during a storm accompanied by…