Tag: Plane
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BREAKING: Chartered plane conveying Nigerians to Lagos from Dubai makes U-turn
A chartered plane conveying Nigerian returnees from the United Arab Emirates has made a U-turn after a pregnant woman reportedly went into labour. The Chairman of the Nigerian in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa confirmed this to Channels TV. The plane, which was scheduled to arrive at 3 pm is now expected to land at the…
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Photo: Six die as plane carrying coronavirus medical supplies crashes
Six people, including two pilots, were killed when a plane carrying medical supplies crashed in south-western Somalia on Monday. “The cause of the accident is not yet known,” government spokesman Ismael Mukhtar Omar told the Germany’s news agency dpa. The plane, which was carrying medical supplies needed in the fight against the coronavirus, took off…
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Tragic: Airplane carrying coronavirus medical supplies crashes
A plane believed to be carrying coronavirus medical supplies has crashed during takeoff. The aircraft, bound for Haneda, Japan, crashed at Manila International Airport in the Philippines, killing all the eight people on board, on Sunday. It had purportedly been chartered by the government and was carrying emergency supplies to the country as it battles…
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Four die in mid-air plane collision
Four people died after two small planes crashed mid-air at a regional airport in Australia, the Police said. The incident took place near Mangalore Airport, some 120 kilometres north of Melbourne on Wednesday morning. “Emergency services were called to two separate crash scenes. “It is believed that two aircraft collided mid-air before crashing,’’ Victoria Police’s…
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Plane slides off runway, catches fire at Airport
A passenger plane veered off the runway, on Wednesday and catches fire at an Istanbul airport, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, according to Turkish media. Broadcast footage showed the nose of the plane from Turkish budget airlines Pegasus completely smashed. Passengers were seen exiting through one wing. Private broadcaster NTV reported that…
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Iran admits to shooting down Ukrainian plane
Iran on Saturday said it unintentionally shot down the Ukrainian airliner that crashed this week killing 176 people, calling it an “unforgivable mistake”. The Ukraine International Airlines plane came down on Wednesday shortly after Iran launched missiles at bases hosting American forces in Iraq in response to the killing of Qasem Soleimani, one of Iran’s…
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Child found dead in plane at airport
A child stowaway was found dead Wednesday in the undercarriage of a plane at a Paris airport, officials said, having probably frozen to death or asphyxiated on the flight from Ivory Coast. The child, aged around 10, had clambered into the underbelly of the Air France Boeing 777 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It took off…
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BREAKING: Plane conveying Hajj returnees crash lands in Niger
Plane conveying over 600 pilgrims returning from the 2019 annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia crash landed at the Minna International Airport. The aircraft, a Boeing 744 with registration number 5N/ DBK was said to have developed technical fault in one of the plane’s four engines when it approached the Minna airport. A Source at the…
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Emiliano Sala: Body recovered from plane wreckage
A body has been successfully recovered from the wreckage of the plane that went down in the English Channel with Cardiff City striker Emiliano Sala on board. The UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) confirmed late on Wednesday that the victim, who has not been publicly identified, will now be passed to the Dorset Coroner,…
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New national carrier to take off by December, says Sirika
The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has restated that the proposed national airline for the country would be unveiled before the end of the year. Sirika, who gave the assurance while receiving the outline business case certificate of compliance from the Director General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Chidi Izuwah, said the…