Nigeria aviation minister calls air crash ‘act of God’
* Air crash killed 16 people last week * Africa’s 2nd biggest economy has patchy safety record * Dana Air crash killed 163 last year,…
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Plane crashes after take-off in Lagos, Nigeria
(BBC) A plane carrying 20 people has crashed shortly after take-off from Lagos airport in Nigeria, officials say. A rescue operation is ongoing. At least…
NASA Helicopter Test a Smash Hit (video)
Engineers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., dropped an old Marine CH-46E helicopter fuselage filled with 15 dummy occupants from a height of…
FAA to increase flight time needed for co-pilots
(Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday said it plans to increase the number of flight hours required for co-pilots on U.S. passenger and…
Asiana crash pilot to be questioned: investigators
(AFP) US investigators on Tuesday will interview the pilot who was at the controls of the Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 when it crashed on landing…
Asiana 777 crash at San Francisco
The Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed at San Francisco’s airport on Saturday was traveling “significantly below” its intended speed and its crew tried to…
USAF F-15 crashes in Pacific, pilot safe
5/28/2013 – KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) — Japan Air Self Defense Force rescue squadron crews safely recovered the pilot who ejected from a Kadena-based…
Four Russians killed in UN helicopter crash in Congo
Reuters Four Russians were killed when a U.N.-contracted cargo helicopter crashed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday. The…
Military plane crashes in Washington state, three crew dead
Reuters An U.S. military plane assigned to a Washington state Naval Air Station on Whidbey Island crashed on Monday morning during a routine training flight,…
At least nine die in plane crash in Congolese town of Goma
Reuters At least nine people were killed on Monday when a propeller plane crashed as it tried to land in bad weather in the eastern…
Ukraine plane crash kills Champions League fans
Guardian: A passenger plane carrying football fans to a Champions League match skidded past the landing strip and overturned in the eastern Ukrainian city of…
19 dead in Nepal plane crash
A Dornier 228 9N-AHA of Sita Air struck an Eagle and crashed shortly after takeoff from the Nepali capital of Kathmandu, killing 19, including 4 Chinese…
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