Tag: plane crash
World 15.01.23 | 21:17

69 confirmed dead after Nepal plane crash

Sixty-nine bodies have been recovered in Nepal after a passenger plane crashed in the city of Pokhara, airport authorities said. Police said they had not found any survivors so far after the Yeti Airlines plane went down minutes before its expected landing at Pokhara airport. It was carrying 68 passengers...
World 09.01.21 | 15:36

Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air plane feared to have crashed after taking off from Jakarta

A Sriwijaya Air plane carrying 62 people on board is believed to have crashed shortly after taking off from Jakarta, according to Indonesia’s Head Of National Transportation Safety Committee, Suryanto Cahyono, CNN reported. Sriwijaya Air flight SJY 182 from Jakarta to Pontianak lost contact at...
World 08.01.20 | 18:23

Ukrainian Boeing plane crashes in Iran shortly after takeoff, killing 176 on board

Investigators were scrambling Wednesday to determine the cause of a crash that killed all 176 people on board a plane that came down shortly after takeoff from Tehran’s international airport, CNN reported. The Boeing 737 jet, operated by Ukraine International Airlines, took off early on Wednesday...
World 06.05.19 | 23:04

Flight attendant dies trying to save passengers in plane fire at Moscow airport

Maksim Moiseev, a flight attendant on the Sukhoi Superjet 100 plane that burst into flames at Sheremetyevo airport, died trying to open a door in the tail of the plane that was ravaged by fire to save the passengers, a source in the aviation circles told TASS. “The passengers were evacuated with...
World 06.05.19 | 17:29

41 people killed in Russian plane crash

Forty-one people died after a Russian plane made an emergency landing and burst into flames just after takeoff from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, BBC reported. Dramatic video shows passengers using emergency exit slides to escape the burning Aeroflot aircraft. Survivors suggest the plane was struck...
World 13.03.19 | 23:23

U.S. pilots complained about Boeing 737 Max 8 months before Ethiopia crash

Several American pilots submitted complaints about the Boeing 737 Max aircraft months before the same model crashed in Ethiopia on Sunday, killing 157 people, NBC News reported. The complaints, first reported by The Dallas Morning News, were revealed as the Federal Aviation Administration doubled down...
World 11.03.19 | 10:47

People of 35 nationalities among 157 dead in Ethiopian Airlines crash

Seven British, seven French, eight Italian and 18 Canadian nationals are among the 157 victims of an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash on Sunday. Thirty-two Kenyan, nine Ethiopian, eight US and eight Chinese nationals were also among the dead, Ethiopian Airlines chief executive Tewolde GebreMariam told...
Football 25.02.19 | 19:32

Sala crash report says plane not licensed for commercial use

The plane carrying footballer Emiliano Sala that crashed in the Channel last month did not have a commercial licence, British investigators said on Monday. But the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said the journey would have been allowed as a “private” flight in which costs are...

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