Manila: A military plane has crashed in the southern Philippines killing at least 45 people, with dozens more pulled alive from the burning wreckage. The transporter was carrying more than 90 people, mostly troops, when it overshot the runway on Jolo island. The dead are mainly military personnel, but threeContinue Reading
New Delhi: At least 49 people were killed when a plane approached the runway from the wrong direction, crashed and burst into flames while landing at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan Airport in Nepal on Monday. Flight BS 211, which belongs to US-Bangla Airlines, a privately owned Bangladeshi carrier, was flying from Dhaka,Continue Reading
Moscow: Two Indians were among the 55 passengers who died when their plane crashed and burst into flames as it was landing in Rostov-on-Don, in Southern Russia, on Saturday morning. The names of the Indians in the list put out by Russian authorities are: Anju Kathirvel Aiyappan and Mohan Shyam,Continue Reading
Jakarta — At least 49 bodies have been recovered after a military transport plane crashed in Medan, Indonesia, the Indonesian air force commander, Air Marshal Agus Supriatna, told reporters Tuesday. Twenty-three of the bodies have been identified, Supriatna said. Supriatna said the C-130 Hercules took off from Jakarta’s Halim PerdanakusumaContinue Reading
Harrison Ford crash-landed his World War II-era plane ThursdayContinue Reading
