Tag: plane crash

  • [UPDATED] BREAKING: Plane crash in Brazil’s São Paulo state kills all 62 on board

    [UPDATED] BREAKING: Plane crash in Brazil’s São Paulo state kills all 62 on board

    [UPDATED] BREAKING: Plane crash in Brazil’s São Paulo state kills all 62 on board A plane has crashed in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, killing all 62 people on board. The twin-engine turboprop plane was flying from Cascavel in the southern state of Paraná to the main airport in São Paulo city when it…

  • BREAKING: No survivor as missing Malawi VP’s plane found

    BREAKING: No survivor as missing Malawi VP’s plane found

    BREAKING: No survivor as missing Malawi VP’s plane found The wreck of a plane carrying Malawi’s vice-president has been found with no survivors, President Lazarus Chakwera has said. Saulos Chilima and nine others were flying within the country on Monday morning when their aircraft disappeared from airport radars. The plane, a military aircraft, was flying in…

  • Wigwe: US blames crash on rain, winty weather 

    Wigwe: US blames crash on rain, winty weather 

    Wigwe: US blames crash on rain, winty weather  The United States authorities has said rain and winty weather could be responsible for the crash in the helicopter that claimed the lives of Herbert Wigwe, Group Chief Executive Officer, Access Holdings, his wife and son, including Abimbola Ogunbanjo, immediate past Chairman, Nigerian Exchange Group Plc. A…

  • American actor, 2 daughters killed in plane crash

    American actor, 2 daughters killed in plane crash

    American actor, 2 daughters killed in plane crash American actor, Christian Oliver, and his two daughters have died in the Caribbean after the aircraft they were traveling in “plummeted into the ocean” moments after takeoff from an island in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, officials and reports say. The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines…

  • 68 die in Nepal plane crash

    68 die in Nepal plane crash

    At least 68 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight carrying 72 passengers crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, the country’s Civil Aviation Authority said, in the worst air crash in three decades. Hundreds of rescue workers were scouring the hillside where the Yeti Airlines flight from the capital Kathmandu went down. Those on…

  • Just in: Passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania, 26 rescued

    Just in: Passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania, 26 rescued

    An airplane carrying 43 people plunged into Lake Victoria in Tanzania early Sunday due to bad weather shortly before it was due to land in the city of Bukoba. The aircraft belonging to Precision Air, Tanzania’s largest private airline, crashed into water about 100 metres from the airport, according to Regional Police Commander William Mwampaghale.…

  • Nigerian female pilot, 11 others die in Cameroon plane crash

    Nigerian female pilot, 11 others die in Cameroon plane crash

    A Nigerian female pilot, Adzuayi Ewuga, and 11 passengers have died in a plane crash in Central Cameroon. The late pilot was the second daughter of Senator Solomon Ewuga, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Nasarawa State and former Minister of State for the FCT. The pilot reportedly died with 11 others…

  • Just in: Airplane carrying 132 passengers crashes in China

    Just in: Airplane carrying 132 passengers crashes in China

    A China Eastern Airlines passenger plane carrying 132 people has crashed in southwest China, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The Boeing 737 plane crashed in the countryside near Wuzhou city in the Guangxi region. It “caused a mountain fire”, CCTV said, adding that rescue teams were dispatched to the scene. There was no word on the…

  • Police helicopter crashes in Bauchi

    Police helicopter crashes in Bauchi

    A helicopter belonging to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has crashed at the Bauchi airport. The helicopter, according to the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), took off from Abuja and crashed Wednesday evening. The AIB said this in a statement on Thursday, adding that it was notified of the incident by the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency…

  • 16 killed as Russian plane carrying parachute jumpers crashes

    16 killed as Russian plane carrying parachute jumpers crashes

    About 16 people have been killed and seven injured after a plane crashed in Russia’s Tatarstan region, the RIA news agency cited the emergency services as saying. The plane was carrying a group of parachute jumpers, the emergencies ministry was quoted as saying by the TASS news agency. Seven people were pulled out alive from…