President Bola Tinubu commiserates with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman of Saudi Arabia, and the Royal House of Saud on the passing of Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. The President acknowledged the departed Prince’s excellent…
Grenade fragments found in bodies after Wagner chief’s plane crash – Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said hand grenade fragments were found in the bodies of people who died when mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane crashed on August 23. Experts investigating the cr$<ash found no indication the private jet had suffered…
4 children reported found in Amazon 17 days after plane crash
Three children and a baby were reported to have been found alive more than two weeks after a plane crashed with them on board in the Colombian Amazon jungle. Colombian authorities had deployed more than 100 soldiers with sniffer dogs…
Air France and Airbus cleared over fatal 2009 Rio-Paris crash
A French court has cleared Air France and Airbus of charges of involuntary manslaughter over a deadly crash in June 2009 which killed all 228 people on board. The Airbus A330 operated by Air France stalled during a storm and…
Nepal crash: Dozens killed as plane crashes near Pokhara airport
Dozens of people have been killed after a plane with 72 people on board crashed near an airport in central Nepal. The Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu to the tourist town of Pokhara crashed on landing before catching fire. Videos…
David Rudisha: 2-time Olympic 800m champion survives plane crash in Kenya
Kenya’s two-time Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha is reportedly unharmed after a plane he was travelling in crash-landed on Saturday evening. The plane carrying the 33-year-old, who won gold at both London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016, and five…
Air France Crash: Aviation bosses heckled as trial begins
The bosses of Airbus and Air France have been greeted with cries of “shame” at the opening of a long-awaited trial in Paris connected with a deadly 2009 plane crash off Brazil. The firms deny involuntary manslaughter in the loss…
3 dead after 2 small planes collide in mid-air in Colorado
Two small airplanes collided in midair near Denver on Saturday, killing three people, authorities said. It wasn’t known what might have caused the crash between the four-seater Cessna 172 and the Sonex Xenos, a light, aluminum, homebuilt aircraft that can…
Indonesia dismisses Lion Air director, technicians after plane crash (Punch)
Indonesia’s transport minister removed on Wednesday the technical director of the Lion Air airline and several of its technicians after the crash of one of its jets with 189 people on board, the Antara news agency reported on Wednesday. “Today we dismiss…
Lion Air: How could a brand new plane crash? (BBC)
Lion Air flight JT 610 has crashed into the sea, with nearly 190 people on board, shortly after taking off from the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. A lot of attention has focused on the fact the plane, a Boeing 737 MAX…