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  • BREAKING: All crew members die in fatal An-26 plane crash

    BREAKING: All crew members die in fatal An-26 plane crash

    The Health Ministry of Russia’s Khabarovsk region, has confirmed that all crew members of crashed An-26 aircraft were killed.

    The ministry assured on Thursday that doctors were ready to provide psychological assistance to families.

    The An-26 plane, carrying out a technical flight to check ground-based radio-technical support equipment, disappeared from radars on Wednesday with six people on board.

    Its wreckage was found near a ski resort in the Khabarovsk region.

    Emergency services told Sputnik that all six crew members were killed in the incident.

    “Regional rescue teams arrived at the An-26 crash site.

    “All the crew members died. We extend our condolences to the relatives of the victims.

    “Our doctors are ready to provide psychological support to families,’’ the regional health ministry said in a statement.

  • Watch video: Scene of plane crash that killed Nigerian chief of army staff, seven others

    Watch video: Scene of plane crash that killed Nigerian chief of army staff, seven others

    A video suspected to have captured the scene of the plane crash that reportedly killed Nigerian chief of army staff, Attahiru Ibrahim and seven other military officers has surfaced online.

    The ill-fated Beachcraft 350 aircraft crashed at the airport’s runway about 6 pm.

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  • How I escaped death in plane crash – Ganduje

    How I escaped death in plane crash – Ganduje

    Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, on Thursday narrated how he escaped death in a plane crash that killed the former Military administrator of the state, Col. Abdullahi Wase and some other state government officials.

    The crash occurred in Jos on 20 June, 1996. All the nine occupants died.

    The private aircraft was on approach to the Jos Airport when it developed engine problems, lost altitude, hit an antenna and crashed.

    Ganduje reminisced over his narrow escape when he received on a courtesy visit, the new Nigerian Ambassador to Romania, Barr. Safiya Nuhu, a Kano indigene.

    Safiya’s father also died in the plane crash.

    “As the then Commissioner of works, housing and transport, I was to visit the Wase Juma’at Mosque, in Plateau state, which was under construction.

    “And I was the coordinator for the appeal fund to build the mosque.

    “The governor was to travel to inspect the project and also pay a condolence visit over a relation that died. So, I coordinated the journey.

    “I secured the aircraft that was used for that journey. The aircraft was owned by Alhaji Aminu Dantata. I was the one who wrote all the names of those that were to travel with the administrator.

    “And your father was not among. As I was going out from the Government house, the late Wase was climbing the stairs through the family wing and your dad came to me asking why his name was not there.

    “Then the late Wase after climbing one step, stopped and asked your dad: “you are Permanent Secretary Government House, when there is communication from the Villa, who will receive that communication?” His position was like that of a chief of staff.

    “Then late Wase asked what was happening. I then told him that the DG was insisting that he wants to follow us. He then said his name should be included. Then I included him.” Ganduje told Nuhu.

    He added that two of them, in their separate vehicles, drove home because they were staying along the same route in Sharada. Nuhu waved and said good night to Ganduje. Ganduje responded.

    “But on reaching my house, I called my permanent Secretary and told him that we were scheduled to be in Wase through Jos, so I will not be in the office.

    “He said that there was an important message. The memo you were asked by the Governor to write to the Head of state, they sent the money requested for the rehabilitation of metropolitan roads.

    “And probably the president will send some people to come and see what is going on. I said if that is the case, I am not travelling again.

    “I then asked him to invite the technical people so that we will meet in my office by 8am, to prepare the necessary memo and when the governor comes back, I will take the memo to him for approval so that we can swing into action.”

    Ganduje explained that after that interaction with his permanent Secretary, he decided not to travel with the governor to Wase.

    He said that in the morning, the technical people came, and as they were holding a meeting then I was told that I was being requested to be at the Government House. I asked who would ask me to be at the Government House when the administrator was not around.

  • Ganduje narrates how he escaped death in plane crash

    Ganduje narrates how he escaped death in plane crash

    Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, on Thursday, narrated how he escaped death in the plane crash that claimed the life of the former Military administrator of the state, late Con. Abdullahi Wase, and some other state government officials.

    The governor narrated his experience when he received on a courtesy visit, the newly appointed Nigerian Ambassador to Romania, Barr. Safiya Nuhu, a Kano indigene, whose father also died in the plane crash.

    According to Ganduje, “myself, as the then Commissioner of works, housing and transport, was to visit the Wase Juma’at Mosque which was under construction.

    “And I was the Coordinator for the appeal fund to build that mosque. The governor was to travel to inspect the project and also pay a condolence visit over a relation that died. So, I coordinated the journey.

    “I secured the aircraft that was used for that journey, the aircraft was owned by Alhaji Aminu Dantata. I was the one who wrote all the names of those that were to travel with the administrator.

    “And your father was not among, as I was going out from the government house, the late Wase was climbing the stairs through the family wing and your dad came to me asking why his name was not there.

    “Then the late Wase after climbing one step, stopped and asked your dad: “you are Permanent Secretary Government house, when there is communication from the villa, who will receive that communication?” It is just like a chief of staff.

    “Then late Wase asked what was happening, I then told him that the DG was insisting that he wants to follow us, he then said he should be included, then I included him.” Ganduje told Nuhu.

    He added that two of them, in their separate vehicles, drove home because they were staying along the same route in Sharada, and her dad waved and said good night to him and he responded.

    According to him, “But on reaching my house, I called my permanent Secretary and told him that we were scheduled to be in Wase through Jos, so I will not be in the office.

    “He said that there was an important message. The memo you were asked by the governor to write to the Head of state, they sent the money requested for the rehabilitation of metropolitan roads.

    “And probably the president will send some people to come and see what is going on. I said if that is the case, I am not traveling again.

    “I then asked him to invite the technical people so that we will meet in my office by 8am, to prepare the necessary memo and when the governor comes back, I will take the memo to him for approval so that we can swing into action.”

    Ganduje explained that after that interaction with his permanent Secretary, he decided not to travel with the governor to Wase.

    He said that in the morning the technical people came, and as they were holding a meeting then I was told that I was being requested to be at the government house, and I asked who would ask me to be at the Government house when the administrator was not around.

    “The messenger said that it was a massage, then I left for the government house and went to the council chamber where we were holding our meetings, that was 1996, about 25 years ago.

    “Immediately I entered, I saw the brigade commander, who had taken over immediately and some commissioners were crying, then I asked if it was not an air crash. How can commissioners be crying in government house? I asked.

    Ganduje quoted the brigade commander, “well, my colleagues, the administrator left here in the morning, there was a crash in Jos, and no survivors. I am giving you one hour, to go and get ready so that we go to Jos and sort out the dead bodies”.

    “That was the end of it. Your father was my friend, since secondary school, to the university, and we later started working at the Gumel Advance Teacher’s College” Ganduje told the envoy.

  • JUST IN: NAF announces burial date for victims of plane crash

    JUST IN: NAF announces burial date for victims of plane crash

    The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Wednesday said its seven personnel who died in last Sunday’s plane crash in Abuja will be buried Thursday, at the National Cemetery in Abuja.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that a NAF aircraft, Beechcraft KingAir BB305i, crashed on Sunday afternoon, as a result of engine failure.

    The victims include: Flight Lieutenant Haruna Gadzama (Captain), Flight Lieutenant Henry Piyo (Co-Pilot), Flying Officer Micheal Okpara (Airborne Tactical Observation System (ATOS) Specialist) and Warrant Officer Bassey Etim (ATOS Specialist).

    Others were: Flight Sergeant Olasunkanmi Olawunmi (ATOS Specialist), Sergeant Ugochukwu Oluka (ATOS Specialist), and Aircraftman Adewale Johnson (Onboard Technician).

    Prominent Nigerians including President Muhamamadu Buhari, Minister of Defence, Magashi Salihi, have all condoled the NAF family, describing the death of the seven personnel as a national tragedy.

    Meanwhile further investigations into the remote and immediate causes of the crash has commenced.

  • [Photo] Four footballers, club president, pilot die in plane crash

    [Photo] Four footballers, club president, pilot die in plane crash

    Four footballers and the president of the Brazilian fourth-tier men’s club Palmas Futebol e Regatas have died in a plane crash.

    The pilot also died in the accident shortly after take-off on Sunday in the central Brazilian state of Toncantin, the club announced.

    The players and club president Lucas Meira were on their way to the city of Goiania, where Palmas were due to play a match in a regional cup competition on Monday.

    Lucas Meira, club president and the players pose for selfie

     

    The match was postponed indefinitely, according to the Brazilian football association.

    Victims were remembered with a minute’s silence in every match in Brazil on Sunday.

    FIFA promptly issued a condolence message: FIFA offers its condolences after a plane crash tragically claimed six lives in Brazil – including five members of Palmas Futebol e Regatas.

    “Football extends its deepest sympathies to the victims and their families at this difficult time”.

    In November 2016, a plane belonging to Brazilian football team Chapecoense crashed on its way to Medellin for the Copa Sudamericana final first leg in Colombia.

    Seventy-one people were killed, including almost all the players as well as crew, coaches and journalists travelling with the team.

    Six passengers survived.

    The Colombian aviation authority later identified a lack of fuel as the cause of the tragedy.

  • PHOTOS: 5 bags of human body parts retrieved from crashed plane

    PHOTOS: 5 bags of human body parts retrieved from crashed plane

    Rescuers on Sunday collected five bags of human body parts and three bags of debris of the Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed in the waters off the coast of Indonesian capital Jakarta on Saturday, according to a senior official.

    “We received three bags containing the debris of the plane and five bags of human body parts,’’ Operation Director of the National Search and Rescue Agency Rasman M.S. said.

    All the eight bags were carried by the navy’s KRI Kurau ship, according to the director.

    This has brought the total body parts discovered by the rescuers to seven.

    The Boeing 737-500 aircraft, flying from the capital Jakarta to Pontianak city in West Kalimantan province on Saturday afternoon, crashed into the Java Sea off Seribu District in north of Jakarta.

    It was carrying 50 passengers, including seven children, three babies and 12 crew members.

    The body parts would be handed to the police’s DVI (disaster victims identification) unit for identification and the debris would be sent to the National Transport Safety Committee for analysis, according to the agency.

    The search and rescue operation for the victims and the wreckage of the plane is still underway, it said.

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  • JUST IN: Passenger plane with 107 aboard crashes in residential area

    JUST IN: Passenger plane with 107 aboard crashes in residential area

    A Pakistan International Airlines plane with107 people aboard crashed on Friday in a residential area near the airport in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, officials said.

    The plane, Flight 8303, an Airbus A320, was en route from the eastern city of Lahore to Karachi.

    No information about casualties was immediately available.

    Initial reports said the plane had skidded off the rooftops of several houses before bursting into flame. Thick plumes of smoke billowed up from the crash site.

    Officials said civil and military officials had begun a rescue operation.

    Indian television channels showed large crowds packed into the neighborhood near the crash site, with people rushing toward ambulances as black smoke clogged the sky. One man carried a young boy in his arms as he ran past journalists and emergency workers.

    The A320 typically has around 180 seats. An Airbus spokesman, Stefan Schaffrath, said the company was aware of reports about the crash but had no details.

    Muslims around the world are about to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, a holiday dedicated to the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting. News channels said many of the passengers were traveling home to be with family for the holiday.

    Syed Shibli Faraz, the Pakistani information minister, said the crash was “a very tragic incident just before Eid.” Prime Minister Imran Khan said he was “shocked and saddened.”

  • Photo: Plane carrying coronavirus materials crashes, all passengers on board dead

    Photo: Plane carrying coronavirus materials crashes, all passengers on board dead

    A chartered medical evacuation flight on Sunday crashed during takeoff in Manila Philippines.

    The plane carrying emergency medical supplies to Japan amid the coronavirus outbreak crashed and exploded.

    According to the Manila International Airport Authority, the WestWind 24 aircraft was taking off from Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport when it burst into flames and crashed.

    Manila International Airport Authority added that it killed all eight persons on board.

    “The flight, which was on a med-evac mission to Haneda, Japan, was carrying two passengers and six crew members.

    “Unfortunately, no passenger survived the accident.

    Two passengers were a 63-year-old Canadian man and a 58-year-old Filipino-American woman.

    The airport authorities said the six Filipinos were three pilots, a flight mechanic, a doctor, and a nurse.

  • Revealed: Sala crash pilot was ‘not licenced for flight’

    The pilot of the plane that crashed killing footballer Emiliano Sala was not licensed to fly the aircraft, a report has found.

    Sala, 28, and pilot David Ibbotson died in the crash in the English Channel, two days after the Argentine signed for Cardiff City in January 2019.

    The Air Accidents Investigation Branch published its findings on Friday.

    It said Sala would have been “deeply unconscious” from carbon monoxide poisoning at the time.

    Chief Inspector of Air Accidents Crispin Orr said it had been a “long and complex” investigation, and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) was probing whether had been breaches of the Air Navigation Order.

    The Sala family said they were “grateful” the report had been published but said it left “many questions” to be answered at the upcoming inquest.

    “It is crucial that the information held by the police and which went into compiling this report now be made available to the coroner and in turn to the family,” they added in a statement.

    They said they “remain distraught by their loss” but were determined to “find the full truth of how and why he died”.

    Cardiff City FC said the club was “encouraged to read that the CAA is determined to tackle illegal activities by pursuing those involved”.

    Sala was travelling from Nantes, in France, to Cardiff on 21 January 2019, when the single-engine Piper Malibu N264DB aircraft in which he was travelling lost contact with air traffic control north of Guernsey.

    Mr Ibbotson lost control of the plane while descending to avoid cloud and he was probably also affected by carbon monoxide, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) concluded.

    The plane began to break up in mid-air as the pilot tried to regain control, investigators found.

    His efforts to pull up from its final dive caused the tail fin and then the outer edges of both wings to shear off before it hit the sea near Guernsey at an estimated 270mph (434kph).

    The AAIB report found Mr Ibbotson, 59, of Crowle in North Lincolnshire, was not qualified to fly at night and was inexperienced at using the plane’s instruments, rather than flying by sight.

    His rating for that type of aircraft had expired in November 2018, invalidating his licence for flying that plane.

    “Significant evidence” was found that Mr Ibbotson had been expecting to be paid for the flight, despite not being licensed to carry passengers.

    The investigation concluded that “neither the plane nor the pilot had the required licences or permissions to operate commercially”.

    The plane’s autopilot had been diagnosed as having an intermittent fault and should have been labelled “inoperative”.

    BBC