plane crash
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In 1971, 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke was flying over the Peruvian rainforest with her mother when she got sucked out of the airplane after it was struck by a bolt of lightning. Juliane fell two miles to the ground, strapped to her seat. “The plane jumped down and went into a nose-dive. It was pitch black,…
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Four children have been found alive after surviving a plane crash and spending weeks fending for themselves in Colombia’s Amazon jungle Colombia’s president said the rescue of the siblings, aged 13, nine, four and one, was “a joy for the whole country”. The children’s mother and two pilots were killed when their light aircraft crashed…
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Miley Cyrus is safe after her plane was struck by lightning and forced to make an emergency landing. The 29-year-old singer, who has been performing in South America, was traveling to the Asunciónico music festival in Paraguay Tuesday when the plane was rerouted to safety. As a result, she has canceled her festival appearance. “To…
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A domestic Pakistan International Airlines flight with at least 98 people on board crashed Friday shortly after 2 p.m. local time near its destination in the southern port city of Karachi, Abdul Sattar Kokhar, a spokesman for the country’s civil aviation authority, told the Associated Press. Pakistan’s civil aviation authority said the plane carried 91 passengers and a crew…
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Former Lakers star Kobe Bryant has died in a plane crash. The NBA legend who died at the age of 41 was reportedly on board a helicopter with other eight passengers during the incident which occurred at 10am near Calabasas, a location in north-west Los Angeles. According to the UK Guardian, the helicopter crashed due…
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Few days after the Ethiopian Airlines crash on March 10 sparked a worldwide shut down of Boeing’s 737 Max 8 model, Aljazeera has confirmed another threat to lives. A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max made a safe emergency landing in Orlando, Florida, after experiencing an engine problem, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The crew declared an…
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In the aftermath of Ethiopia Airlines crash which killed dozens of passengers, Boeing owners have suggested that the Boeing 737 Max 8 series had been certified without additional pilot training, despite changes to prior safety systems. In turn, the US House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure vowed on Wednesday to conduct a thorough investigation. The US-based manufacturer said that its Maneuvering Characteristics…
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Wreckage from the plane which disappeared with Cardiff City’s Emiliano Sala and pilot on board has been found in the English Channel. Image shows Emiliano Sala and his pilot David Ibbotson It follows a search by two ships off Guernsey on Sunday. David Mearns, on behalf of the footballer’s family, confirmed the wreckage was…
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The United Nations today received an expert report that summarizes the new information made available by Member States and other sources and assesses whether and to what degree that information helps to establish the conditions and circumstances resulting in the tragic deaths of former Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld and 15 others traveling with him. Mr. Hammarskjöld served as…
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The chairman of Pakistan International Airlines has issued an official statement on the plane crash which killed a total of 48 people, including 42 passengers, five crew members and one ground engineer. He said the pilot lost control of his engines and made a Mayday Call before crashing. Reports confirm the ill-fated plane crashed into a mountain…
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Tiago da Rocha Vieira Alves, one of the Chapecoense players who died in Tuesday’s plane crash, just found out barely a week before the tragic incident that he was going to be a father. Image shows Tiago da Rocha Vieira Alves and his wife Graziele. According a report from CNN.com, a trending online video which…
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As FIFA president Gianni Infantino rightly said: “It’s a very, very sad moment for football.”. The Brazilian football club Chapecoense was preparing for their biggest game in history when an aircraft conveying them from Brazil to Colombia, via Bolivia, crashed near the city of Medellín in Colombia. Chapecoense was scheduled to play in the Copa…
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Gianni Infantino, the FIFA President, has summarized his feelings on the death of 75 Brazilian players and media representatives who died in a plane crash on Tuesday. “It’s a very, very sad day for football,” Infantino said of the total 81 passengers on board the ill-fated aircraft which crashed in Columbia. The 46-year-old who holds dual nationality,…
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A plane with Chapecoense Brazilian professional football players reportedly crashed in Columbia at around 10:15 p. m. local time in Cerro Gordo after disappearing in the Columbian airspace, the Jose Maria Cordova International Airport in Rionegro said in a statement, adding that there may be survivors. Brazil’s Chapecoense players pose for pictures during their 2016…
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An air-crash investigator has revealed he believes flight MH370 was deliberately flown into the water, as new revelations emerge. The Malaysia Airlines plane disappeared in March 2014 while flying between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing. Australian MH370 search authorities are hopeful a wing part found in Tanzania will shed light on how the flight crashed, amid a…
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Sad news! Reports from Dailymail confirms a FlyDubai Boeing 737-800 has crashed as it attempted to land at a Russian airport. 55 passengers and 7 crew members from Dubai were on-board though earlier reports said that 61 people were aboard the flight.
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