is investigating the crash in the Sahara desert of a cargo plane, which is thought to have been carrying cocaine from Venezuela.Alexandre Schmidt from the UN drugs agency told the BBC that the plane could have carried up to 10 tonnes of cocaine, which has not been found.But Mr Schmidt said the size of the plane which crashed in Mali, near Gao, came as "a complete surprise".He said that the engine numbers...
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BHOPAL: Tragedy was averted on Tuesdaymorning when a plane carrying Madhya Pradesh governor Rameshwar Thakur and CMShivraj Singh Chouhan aborted landing at Gwalior after two vehicles were sightedon the runway.The plane was scheduled to land at Gwalior'sVijayraje Scindia Terminal about 8am on Tuesday, only minutes before PresidentPratibha Patil's arrival at the Air Force terminal next to Vijayraje ScindiaTerminal,...
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de Janeiro, Oct 31 : Brazilian military sources have said that at least nine of the 11 people on board the Brazilian air force plane that disappeared over the Amazon Thursday morning survived an emergency landing."Of the 11 occupants of the plane, one is missing and there are indications of a possible death. The other nine are fine," the air force authorities said Friday.The Cessna C-98 Caravan made...
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passenger plane with a recent history of technical problems crashed into an airport VIP lounge in Rwanda's capital, killing one passenger, airline officials said on Friday.Rwandair executive Jack Ekl said the pilot had reported technical difficulties after taking off from the Rwandan capital of Kigali on Thursday afternoon. He said the plane tried to make an emergency landing but crashed into the VIP...
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Chinese baby boy, who was born aboard an AirAsia plane, has been named Asia Liew Ya Hang after the plane.His mother Liew Siaw Hsia said the Chinese name 'Ya Hang' means 'AirAsia' in Mandarin."It's the best name I can give my son who was the first baby born on the airline's plane,"Asia Liew Ya Hang was safely delivered on board Flight AK 6506 on October 21 when the aircraft was about 800m in the air.The...
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Bangalore-bound Jetlite plane, carrying 106 passengers, made an emergency landing at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport this evening, 20 minutes after its takeoff, following some engine trouble.''The pilot suspected that the plane had hit something, possibly a rabbit, on the runway while taking off at about 1730 hours,'' an air traffic controller told UNI. A full emergency was declared...
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A Russian military plane crashed in the country's far east, killing all nine people aboard, news agencies reported.An emergency ministry official said the Tu-142-M3 anti-submarine turboprop crashed late Friday in theThe plane disappeared off radar screens shortly after 1100 GMT when it was finishing a training flight, the Interfax news agency quoted a Defense Ministry official as saying.The official...
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An Iranian passenger plane carrying 150 people has crashed in the north of the country, Irna state news agency says.An Iranian official said the plane broke into pieces and all those on board are feared dead.y a Tupolev, came down in the Takestan region of Qazvin province, state television said.The aircraft was travelling to Yerevan in Armenia, from the Iranian capital, Tehran, when it crashed, Iranian...
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Emirates Airline is discussing new plane orders with Boeing and Airbus which could number in the "tens of planes," its chairman said on Monday.The Arab world's largest airline already has orders worth $55 billion with the two manufacturers."We are in discussions there won't be anything at the air show (but) we are talking to Boeing and Airbus," Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum told reporters at the...
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Iranian passenger plane carrying 150 people has crashed in the north of the country, Irna state news agency says.An Iranian official said the plane broke into pieces and all those on board are feared dead.y a Tupolev, came down in the Takestan region of Qazvin province, state television said.The aircraft was travelling to Yerevan in Armenia, from the Iranian capital, Tehran, when it crashed, Iranian...
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