Passengers include 16 people from southern Sudan, two Chinese citizens and an Indian person. At least 20 people have been killed in a plane crash in northern South Sudan, said Unity State Information Minister. The plane fell near the oil fields in Unity State around 10:30 am (08:30 GMT) shortly after taking off the capital, […]
A Maine Coon cat called Mittens became an accidental jetsetter this month when his cage was overlooked in a plane loading cellar and made three trips in 24 hours between New Zealand and Australia. Mittens, 8, was reserved for unidirectional travel with his family in Christchurch, New Zealand to his new home in Melbourne, Australia, […]
A five-month-old gorilla, discovered in the cargo hold of a Turkish Airlines flight last month, is recovering at an Istanbul zoo as authorities decide where it should live next. The little primate was found in a box on a flight from Nigeria to Thailand that passed through Istanbul, The Associated Press reports. It was called […]
The wreckage of the Jeju Air plane that skidded off the runway and crashed lies at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, on Dec. 30, 2024. Kim Hong-ji | Reuters Aviation experts are questioning the role of an airport design that placed a dirt mound and a concrete wall beyond the end of a […]
A flight attendant on a Swiss plane that made an emergency landing in Austria has died due to smoke in the cabin, the airline reported Tuesday. The flight from Bucharest to Zurich on December 23 was diverted to Graz after engine problems and smoke filled the cabin and cabin, Swiss International Air Lines said in […]
Aviation safety experts on Tuesday questioned the location of an airport embankment that a South Korean passenger plane crashed into after skidding at the end of the runway, triggering the country’s deadliest domestic air disaster. All 175 passengers and four of six crew members were killed on Sunday when the Jeju Air 089590.KS plane landed […]
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev claimed Sunday that the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed this week was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentionally, and criticized Moscow for trying to “hush up” the matter for days. “We can say with complete clarity that the plane was shot down by Russia… We are not saying it was done […]
At least 179 people died when a passenger plane caught fire after skidding off a runway and crashing into a concrete fence at a South Korean airport. Two crew members were rescued after the accident that occurred on Sunday at 9:03 local time (00:03 GMT). The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said the plane, […]
An Azerbaijani minister suggested Friday that a passenger plane that crashed this week was hit by a weapon, citing expert analysis and survivor testimony indicating the plane was hit from the outside. Rashad Nabiyev’s statement increased the pressure on Russia. Authorities in Moscow have said a drone attack was underway in the region where the […]
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