Tag: plane crash
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Another small plane crashes
Another small plane has crashed near Springfield, Illinois, United States. Emergency crews responded to a distress call on Tuesday. According to the FAA, the twin-engine Piper Aerostar went down in a field while on approach to the Springfield airport. The extent of casualties is yet unknown. The plane departed from Huntsville, Alabama. The Abraham Lincoln…
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Plane carrying 83 passengers crashes
The last two months might go down as the worst period for the aviation industry in recent time as another plane crashed Monday morning. The aircraft operated by Afghanistan’s state-owned airline Ariana crashed in the country’s central Ghazni province. Arif Noori, a spokesman for the provincial governor’s office in Ghazni city, said: “A Boeing plane…
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Three Americans fighting Australian fires die in plane crash
Three American crew helping to battle Australia’s devastating bushfires were killed Thursday when their water-bombing plane crashed in mountainous terrain during a sortie to tackle another outbreak of the deadly blazes. Officials said the Hercules C-130 plane erupted in a large fireball on impact in a national park the Snowy Mountains shortly before 1:30 pm…
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Plane with 180 passengers aboard crashes in Iran
An Ukrainian Boeing 737 with 180 passengers on aboard has crashed in Iran. Reports said the plane crashed Wednesday due to technical problems after take-off from Iran’s Imam Khomeini airport, Iranian news agency Far reported. The plane is operated by Ukrainian Airlines. There was no immediate word on casualties. An investigation team was at the…
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BREAKING: 14 persons killed, others injured as plane crashes near airportn
A Kazakhstan plane with 100 people aboard crashed shortly after takeoff early Friday, killing at least 14 people while at least 35 others survived with injuries, officials in Almaty said. The Bek Air aircraft hit a concrete wall and a two-story building after takeoff from Almaty International Airport. It said the plane lost attitude at…
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Nine killed in another plane crash in US
Nine people, including two children, were killed Saturday after a plane crashed shortly after takeoff in adverse weather conditions in the U.S. state of South Dakota, local media reported. According to information revealed by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the plane is a Pilatus PC-12 with 12…
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Emiliano Sala’s father dies three months after son’s crash
The father of Premier League footballer Emiliano Sala, who was killed in a plane crash earlier this year, has died three months after his son. Horacio Sala, 58, suffered a heart attack on Friday, his friend and president of his local club confirmed. Daniel Ribero, from San Martin de Progreso, told C5N TV channel that…
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Super Eagles captain Mikel Obi escapes plane crash
Super Eagles captain and Middlesbrough midfielder, John Mikel Obi has escaped a plane crash. Mikel and the other Middlesbrough players were at risk, as the club had to call off their flight home from Newport County as the plane was grounded due to engine failure. Footballlive.mg reports that Mikel was among the Middlesbrough players. The…
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Singing was an escape for me after the plane crash– Kechi Okwuchi
Kechi Okwuchi made history in 2017 as one of the finalists in the much touted America’s Got Talent. The youngster had converted the sorrows and pains of being involved in a plane crash to finding her purpose in music. Speaking in a chat with Punch, Okwuchi noted that singing was an escape for her…
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102 out of 105 passengers on board Cuba flight die as plane crashes
No fewer than 102 persons lost their lives on Friday after a Boeing 737 plane crashed shortly after taking off from Havana’s main airport in Cuba. There were at least three possible survivors among the 105 passengers as well as nine crew, Cuban state-run media reported, adding that there were five children on board. According…