By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha All serious nations celebrate, honour their armed forces. It is a long-held tradition. Even in primitive societies, the gallant defenders were always honoured especially if they died in battle. The message or the subtext is to the living: if you die in service, we will give you a heroic burial and […]
The presidency on Saturday reacted to the reports of Aisha Buhari, the wife of the president and their daughter, Hanan, allegedly escaping a plane crash, Daily Times Nigeria reports. READ ALSO: Aide debunks Aisha Buhari’s ill-health, says not sick According to reports, Aisha and Hanan were travelling on a jet with registration number GIV N52MK […]
Tehran – Several people have been arrested in Iran in connection with last week’s shooting down of a Ukraine International Airlines flight with 176 people on board. “We conducted intensive investigations and several people were arrested in connection,’’ said Justice Ministry spokesperson, Gholam-Hussein Ismaili, according to the Isna news agency. He did not say which […]
Plane conveying over 600 pilgrims returning from the 2019 annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia has crashed while landing 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. The Public […]
A passenger killed in the deadly Iranian commercial plane crash on Sunday reportedly channeled his faith just moments before takeoff, sending his girlfriend one last text. “May God protect us to arrive safe,” the unnamed passenger wrote to his girlfriend, also sending a photo of the ATR-72 jet’s propeller, according to an ARD German Television […]
At least four people were killed on Saturday when a propeller-engine cargo plane crashed in the sea near the International Airport in Cote d’Ivoire’s main City, Abidjan, a Reuters witness said. Rescue workers removed two bodies from the plane, which had broken into several pieces and came to rest near the beach. Two other bodies […]
The inability of pathologists and coroners to submit their final reports on the October 4, 2013 Associated Airline’s plane crash in Lagos is the major reason the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), has not published its final report on the accident. This was the submission of the Commissioner of AIB, Dr. Felix Abali in an exclusive […]
On this day in 1993, race car driver and owner Alan Kulwicki, who won the 1992 National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) Winston Cup championship by one of the tightest margins in series history, was killed in a plane crash near Bristol, Tennessee, where he was scheduled to compete in a race the […]
Australia has responded to the Germanwings air disaster by mandating that at least two crew members be present at all times in cockpits of larger domestic and international airliners. Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said that airlines, including Qantas and Virgin Australia, would implement the changed security protocols from Monday afternoon. It would apply to […]
A commercial Air Canada passenger flight is involved in an emergency. Star Alliance member airline Air Canada flight 624 arriving from Toronto in Halifax crashed on the runway at Stanfield International Airport (YHZ, Halifax, Nova Scotia) after midnight local time and slammed into a utility line. As a result of this possibility the air terminal […]
A French prosecutor said Thursday that the co-pilot of the Germanwings passenger jet that crashed in the French Alps this week made a “deliberate attempt to destroy the aircraft.” Marseilles prosecutor Brice Robin said the co-pilot, 28-yearold Andreas Lubitz, locked the pilot out of the cockpit, leaving himself alone in control of the Airbus A320. The […]
Germanwings, a German passenger plane carrying 150 people, crashed on Tuesday in the French Alps. All on board were feared killed. The plane was on its way from Barcelona to Duesseldorf, Germany when it crashed. The Airbus A320 – flight 4U 9525 – went down between Digne and Barcelonnette. The plane came down in a […]
An Airbus A320 airliner has crashed in the French Alps between Barcelonnette and Digne, French aviation officials and police have said. According to reports by BBC, the jet belongs to the German low-cost airline Germanwings, a subsidiary of Lufthansa. The plane was reported to be carrying 142 passengers and six crew members. Both Airbus and […]