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Turkey Says Military Plane Crash in Georgia Killed all 20 On Board

This is Beirut, 12/11 09:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Turkey Military Georgia Azerbaijan Crash

Turkey on Wednesday said all 20 people onboard a military cargo plane that crashed in Georgia on its return from Azerbaijan had died. The plane had taken off from Ganja airport in western Azerbaijan on Tuesday afternoon but crashed shortly after crossing the border into eastern Georgia, the defense ministry said after the incident. It said there ...

US Navy Helicopter, Jet Crash Into South China Sea

This is Beirut, 27/10 05:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

United States Army Crash

Two US Navy aircraft crashed into the South China Sea in separate incidents on Sunday, officials said, with no fatalities reported. The first crash involved a MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, which "went down in the waters of the South China Sea while conducting routine operations from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz," according to a ...

Medical Helicopter Crashes on California Highway

This is Beirut, 07/10 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

USA California Helicopter Crash

Three people were in critical condition after a medical helicopter crashed onto a California highway on Monday, US media reported, with local authorities saying emergency crews had closed some traffic lanes. The helicopter crashed just after 7:00 pm (0200 GMT Tuesday) on eastbound Highway 50 in state capital Sacramento, with flight-tracking data ...

Afghanistan Bus Crash Death Toll Rises to 78

This is Beirut, 20/08 12:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Afghanistan Fuel Crash Bus

The death toll from a collision between a bus carrying Afghan migrants returning from Iran and two other vehicles in western Afghanistan has risen to 78, a provincial official said on Wednesday. "Seventy-six citizens of the country... lost their lives in the incident, and three others were seriously injured," Mohammad Yousuf Saeedi, Herat ...

State health official says one survivor and 204 Bodies Found After India Plane Crash

This is Beirut, 12/06 13:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

India Crash London

One person survived when a London-bound passenger plane crashed Thursday in the Indian city of Ahmedabad, with 242 on board, a state health official told AFP. "Yes, one survivor is confirmed," said Dhananjay Dwivedi, principal secretary of Gujarat state's health department. They were being treated in hospital, he added without ...

No Survivors From Plane, Helicopter Collision in Washington

This is Beirut, 30/01 15:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Washington Plane Crash Potomac

US officials said Thursday there were likely no survivors after a passenger jet carrying 64 people collided in midair with a military helicopter and crashed into the icy waters of Washington's Potomac river. "We are now at a point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation," Washington Fire Chief John Donnelly told ...

Azerbaijan Accuses Russia of Trying to Hide Causes of Plane Crash

This is Beirut, 2024-12-29 15:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Sunday demanded that Russia admit that it fired at an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet before it crashed, accusing Moscow of initially trying to cover up the cause of the fatal disaster. Aliyev made the accusation in an interview to state media at Baku airport four days after the AZAL Embraer 190 plane ...

At Least 179 Dead in South Korea's Worst Plane Crash

This is Beirut, 2024-12-29 15:16 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, smashing into a barrier and bursting into flames, leaving all but two feared dead. A bird strike was cited by authorities as the likely cause of the crash, the worst ever aviation disaster on South Korean soil, which flung passengers out of the plane and ...

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