An airplane with over 70 passengers reportedly on board has crashed in Sao Paulo state, Brazil today, reports CTV news. The aircraft was en route from Cascavel (PR) to Guarulhos (SP), it was gathered. The local firefighters corps confirmed that the plane fell in the city of Vinhedo, but did not offer more details. Brazil’s […]
•Helicopter crash A helicopter crashed in central Nepal today, killing all five people aboard including the pilot and four Chinese passengers. Nepal has a woeful track record on aviation safety and the Himalayan republic has seen a spate of deadly light plane and helicopter crashes over the decades, reports AFP. The Air Dynasty chopper was [&h...
An aircraft operating in Nigeria, Max Airline lost six tyres while attempting to take off from the Yola Airport in Adamawa yesterday evening. The airline’s Director of Public and Consumer Protection Bimbo Oladeji said the aircraft was carrying 119 passengers and six crew members. “This evening, Max Air’s flight NGL1649, a Boeing 737 with regis...
•The protesting women Women from the Ipo community have blocked the entrance to the Port Harcourt airport. As early as 7:30 am today, the women from Ipo which is one of the host communities of the airport, blocked the gate at the airport roundabout, waving placards, singing, wailing, and even cooking at the gate, reports […]
African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has estimated that the passengers carried by African airlines reached 85 million representing 89 percent of the pre-covid 2019 level in 2023. The AFRAA Secretary General Adulrahmane Berthe dropped this hint while speaking in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during the just concluded African Aviation MRO Conference wit...
•Boat mishap The Nigerian Navy, said it personnel deployed along Cawthorne Channel in Rivers State, has rescued over 250 passengers who were onboard a capsized passenger boat. Director Naval Information, Commodore Adams Aliu, who made this known, said The ill-fated boat, MV PRECIOUS EMMANUEL cast off from a local market in Sangana area of Baye...
•Bandits In a courageous act, the family of a bride-to-be and a group of passengers thwarted a kidnapping attempt by killing a terrorist in Zamfara State. The incident unfolded when the family of the bride-to-be and other travellers were ambushed by bandits along the Talata Mafara-Gusau highway, reports PRNigeria. The bride’s family had embark...
•FRSC officers at a scene of accident Road accident claimed over 25 lives in a ghastly accident at Aloma in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi, today. Our correspondent reliably gathered that the accident occurred on this morning between a fully loaded Siena bus with Toyota bus and articulated vehicle, reports Sunday Tribune. According to [&hel...
No fewer than 300 passengers of Delta Air Lines were today stranded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos over mechanical failure to the carrier’s aircraft. It was learnt that the passengers who were on their way to Atlanta Georgia, US, were already boarded for an afternoon flight out of Lagos, but were later […]
•Allen Onyema Nigerian airlines lose an estimated N15 billion annually to bad behaviours of passengers, which avoidably lead to flight delays. Dr. Allen Onyema, the Chairman of Air Peace, stated this to aviation correspondents yesterday in Lagos, reports Daily Independent. Onyema lamented that poor passenger behaviours constitute the major cau...
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