An Allied Air Cargo aircraft with registration number 5N-JRT skidded off Runway 22 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, prompting a temporary shutdown of the airport. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) confirmed the incident, which occurred at 10:05 a.m. today, and disclosed that five people were on board the air...
A Southwest Airlines plane was reportedly struck by gunfire at Dallas Love Field last night, according to the airline. A spokesperson for Southwest said the plane, preparing for departure to Indianapolis, was hit but no injuries were reported. The Dallas Police Department responded to the shooting at approximately 9:48 p.m. at 8000 Herb Keller...
•Peter Obi Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has said it is insensitive for anyone to demand a new aircraft for Vice President Kashim Shettima following a recent incident in the United States. Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, Abdulkareem Lawan, had claimed that Shettima’s life “is [...
•Shettima Vice President Kashim Shettima will no longer represent Nigeria at the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit in Samoa as planned. The trip was cancelled after “a foreign object hit his plane during a stopover at JFK Airport in New York,” the presidency revealed in a statement last night. Therefore, a delegation led by [&hellip...
A Norwegian man has managed to board a plane at Munich airport without a ticket two days in a row — and even flew to Sweden on the second occasion, police said today. The 39-year-old sneaked past security at Germany’s second-busiest airport for the first time on August 4, reports AFP. Passengers are supposed to […]
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 […]
•Officials examine the site after the plane crash The pilot and sole survivor of a plane crash in Nepal’s capital was recovering in hospital after a miraculous escape from an accident that killed 18 others, aviation officials said today. Nepal has a woeful track record on aviation safety and the Himalayan republic has seen a […]
•A crash plane in flames A passenger plane crashed on takeoff in Kathmandu today, with the pilot rescued from the flaming wreckage but all 18 others aboard killed, police in the Nepali capital our correspondent. Nepal has a woeful track record on aviation safety and the Himalayan republic has seen a spate of deadly light […]
A Boeing passenger plane came off the runway during takeoff in Senegal today, injuring 11 people and shutting the international airport near the capital Dakar for almost 12 hours, management said. The B737/300 aircraft, an Air Senegal flight chartered by privately-owned Transair, was carrying 78 passengers and headed for the Malian capital Bam...
•Pedestrian bridge collapse at Florida University Two people have died after a small plane attempted to make an emergency landing on Interstate 75 in southwest Florida yesterday afternoon, colliding with a vehicle and bringing traffic to a halt as a massive plume of black smoke rose into the air. The crash landing happened near the […]...
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