43 people died in a Yakovlev Yak-42 plane crash near the city of Yaroslavl in Central Russia on Wednesday afternoon. The majority of victims were members of the local top ice hockey team Lokomotiv. Of the 45 people on board, only two survived, Russia Today reported at the scene of the tragedy. Lokomotiv Ice Hockey Team was killed in a plane crash in Yaroslavl The aircraft went down and caught fi…
hanksgiving. The father was about 100 miles east of Phoenix when he ran into trouble. The tiny two-engine plane burst into flames after colliding with the Flat Iron section of the mountains, which are 45 miles east of Phoenix, just below their peak, witnesses reported. Sheriff Paul Babeu said he was in close contact with the mother of the children. “We have been aggressively searching and recoveri…
Ray Harris, a businessman from Marion, Indiana, and his two teenage daughters died in a plane crash yesterday afternoon after the parachute failed to slow the craft down. Ray Harris, 47, and his daughters, Ramie and Shey, perished, along with a man believed to be the co-pilot, after the single-engined Cirrus-SR2 plummeted into a farm field near the Chicago suburb of Crystal Lake. It shattered int…
and six other people aboard their Learjet on Sunday in northern Mexico. According to Ruiz Esparza told Radio Formula the plane hit the ground 1.2 miles from where it began falling, and plummeted at a 45 degree angle. “The plane practically nose-dived,” he said. “The impact must have been terrible.” Ruiz Esparza did not offer any explanation of what may have caused the plane to plummet, saying on…
…ared off. A video of Moscow plane crash has emerged showing how close one motorist came to becoming another victim of the deadly event Two people were found dead at the scene, while a third victim, a 27-year-old woman, died on the way to hospital. Three others were severely injured. The captain and co-pilot were among those killed, reported Interfax. Interior Ministry officials believe the cause…
t underwent years of massive overhauls that took a full 10 feet off its wingspan. The ailerons – the back edges of the main wings used to control balance – were cut from about 60 inches to 32. Before he died, Jimmy Leeward had said the changes made the P-51 Mustang faster and more manoeuvrable, but in the months before Friday’s crash even he wasn’t certain exactly how it wo…
accidents involving small aircraft are not uncommon in mountainous Nepal. In May, 15 people were killed when a plane crashed trying to land at an airport in the north of the country. And in September 2011, 19 people were killed when a Buddha Air plane crashed during a flight to view Mount Everest….
…ia this week, according to the Nuevo Leon state government. The extremely graphic photos depicted body parts and personal documents belonging to those aboard the doomed flight, including Jenni Rivera, 43, a singer and reality star known as the “Queen of Banda”. The Spanish news agency EFE identified the arrested officers as Luis Antonio Ávila Moreno, 23 and Mario Alberto García Pacheco, 24. The it…
agos bound for Abuja when the crash happened. Nigeria, like many African countries, has a poor air safety record, though some efforts have been made to improve it since a spate of airline disasters in 2005. …
London: “Red Arrows” (British Royal Air Force) pilot died in a plane crash Acording to Ministry of Defense the plane of Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging, 33, crashed near an airport some 100 miles from London. The plane apparently suffered a failure after performing at the Bournemouth Air Festival. Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging was flying under the call sign RED 4 and it seemed to have tri…
…ard the plane, including two pilots, had died. Officials earlier said they had found wreckage believed to be that of the singer’s Learjet in Nuevo Leon state. Jenni Rivera, born in California in 1969 to Mexican parents, has sold more than 15 million records of Norteno music. She is a judge in the popular television programme La Voz (The Voice). “Everyone was lost,” Jenni Rivera t…
…cal Centre. Shawna Zodi said eight people were released after treatment for minor injuries. Other than the one death, most of the injuries were neck and back complaints, Ray McLaughlin said. Jim Carr, 41, of Hendersonville, said the curved overpass section of the highway had a thin layer of ice on it and the fog hindered people from stopping in time to avoid cars in front of them. “Once you had co…
…tors safely ejected from the plane. The jet belongs to VFA’s Strike Fighter Squadron 106 – a training division for student pilots. Because of the crash, Virginia State police have shut down Interstate 264 in both directions. People are being advised to stay away from the area. …
A Boeing 767 flying from Newark operated by Polish LOT airlines made an emergency landing at Warsaw airport today. The aircraft, which was flying from Newark, New Jersey, with around 230 people on board made a belly landing at Warsaw’s airport on Tuesday after reported trouble with landing gear. Captain Tadeusz Wrona radioed ahead to let the control tower know there was a problem with deplo…
…was sent to Andy Ellwood because he and his friend liked to trade “travel war stories” he said. His friend who observed the in-flight meltdown did not want to be identified or talk with the media. The 46-year-old man, whose name has not yet been released, was arrested upon landing at JFK on Thursday. He had an Icelandic passport, according to Port Authority spokesman, Ron Marsico. A drunken passe…
Richard Bach, author of 1970s short novel Jonathan Livingston Seagull, has been seriously injured in a plane crash. Richard Bach, 76, was reportedly trying to land his small plane on San Juan island in Washington state when he hit power lines and got trapped in the cockpit. Local media reported that a group of holidaymakers had to cut him free. Richard Bach was reportedly trying to land his smal…
Two German tourists and two Kenyan pilots have been killed in a plane crash in Maasai Mara national park, Kenyan police said. The aircraft was carrying 11 passengers, including five Germans, four Americans and two Czechs, the AFP news agency said. Three other passengers were seriously injured, police said. Two German tourists and two Kenyan pilots have been killed in a plane crash in Maasai Mara…
…gathering of civilian volunteers assisting in police work, the Associated Press news agency reports. Jesse Robredo, 54, is a close ally of President Benigno Aquino and helped his election campaign in 2010. …
A Bhoja Air jet carrying up to 127 people has crashed in a residential area near Islamabad international airport in Pakistan. Aviation officials said the plane, flight BHO-213, was flying from Karachi to Islamabad when it crashed in bad weather minutes from landing. Emergency teams are at the crash site, reported to be at Hussain Abad village near Bahria town. There are no reports of survivors. R…
…y received his remains in Naga City. Jesse Robredo, 54, was in charge of the national police force and provincial governments. He was a close ally of Benigno Aquino and helped his election campaign in 2010. He was a long-time mayor of Naga City before his appointment to Benigno Aquino’s cabinet. A graduate of Harvard University’s John F Kennedy School of Government, Jesse Robredo recei…
an interpreter called Corinne. But can it really be true that our very own Princess Diana was one of Juan Carlos’s most significant conquests? And that it was the relationship between her and the then 48-year-old king, in the prime of his romantic life, that finally put paid to any chance of reviving his marriage? It is certainly the case that Princess Diana, together with Prince Charles and their…
…8220;There was no need for rescuers’ help. Only fragments remain,” the head of Kazakhstan’s regional emergencies department, Valikhan Derezhepov, told Ria news agency. Seven crew and 20 military personnel were on board the military transport plane, Kazakhstan’s Committee for National Security said in a statement. Interfax-Kazakhstan said that one of Col. Turganbek Stambekov…
…ere appeared to be no survivors. The six casualties were all believed to be members of the same family, the LA Times reported. The plane burst into flames after colliding with the mountains, which are 45 miles east of Phoenix, just below their peak, witnesses reported. “This is some of the toughest country you can experience,” Elias Johnson said. “That plane is all over the place…
…people were confirmed dead and more than 50 injured in the accident at the Reno Air Races. The pilot appeared to lose control and his plane veered into a box area in front of the grandstand at around 4:30 p.m. A medical officer said many of the critically injured were considered to have life-threatening injuries. Galloping Ghost, the P-51 Mustang fighter plane plunges into the grandstands of Ren…
ildren after small plane has crashed in the Philippines into a school building in Paranaque Gwendolyn Pang, of the Philippine Red Cross, told the AFP news agency: “The crash set fire to at least 30 houses. These are shanties, made of light materials.” According to Ramon Gutierrez, head of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, the light plane had sent out a distress call shor…
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