Safer to sit in the back of the plane: Crash test
September 17th, 2012 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 16 (IANS) A passenger jet deliberately smashed into the ground has led experts to believe that passengers sitting at the back would have the best chance of survival, ... Read more...
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Spanish airline to cease operations
January 28th, 2012 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
Barcelona, Jan 28 (IANS/EFE) Spanish airline Spanair said Friday it is ceasing operations and plans to go to court next week to seek bankruptcy protection.The financially struggling carrier issued a ... Read more...
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11 killed in New Zealand ballooning accident
January 7th, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, Jan 7 (IANS) Eleven people were killed in New Zealand when the hot air balloon they were enjoying a ride in went up in flames early Saturday, Xinhua reported.According ... Read more...
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Hundreds attend Reno Park memorial
September 26th, 2011 - 7:45 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Reno, Nev., Sept 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) On Sunday, a memorial was held for the victims of the air disaster that occurred at the National Championship Air Races. Hundreds of people attended the ... Read more...
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Human error blamed for 2008 plane crash in Madrid
July 30th, 2011 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, July 30 (IANS/EFE) The crew was at fault in the August 2008 crash of a Spanair MD-82 airliner in the vicinity of Madrid's Barajas International Airport that left 154 ... Read more...
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Single engine and bad weather, recipe for air disaster: experts
May 26th, 2011 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) As bad weather and single engine aircrafts or choppers seem to make for a recipe for disaster, experts have called for regulating such flights in ... Read more...
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Mystery over presence of third person in crashed Pak Airblue jet’s cockpit
August 28th, 2010 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug.28 (ANI): Investigations have revealed the possibility of presence of a third person inside the cockpit of the Airblue jet which crashed in the Margala hills on July 28 killing all ... Read more...
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Chinese plane crash survivors recall horror
August 26th, 2010 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
Yichun (China), Aug 26(ANI): Survivors from the plane crash in China, which killed 42 passengers of the 96 on board on Tuesday, have described scenes of horror as they escaped the nation's ... Read more...
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152 killed as plane crashes into Islamabad’s Margalla Hills (Fifth Lead)
July 28th, 2010 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, July 28 (IANS) All 152 on board a private Pakistani airline flight from Karachi were killed when the jet crashed amid heavy rain in the thickly wooded Margalla ... Read more...
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Five survive Islamabad plane crash
July 28th, 2010 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 28 (IANS) Five people survived the passenger plane crash in Margalla Hills close to this Pakistani capital city Wednesday morning, a minister said. Some media reports, however, said that 40-45 ... Read more...
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Another air disaster averted in Mumbai
June 4th, 2010 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 4 (IANS) An air disaster was averted at the airport here early Friday when a flight was cleared for landing while another plane was waiting to take off on the ... Read more...
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Mangalore air crash: Mass funeral for 12 victims
June 2nd, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 2 (IANS) A mass funeral of 12 unidentified and unclaimed victims of Air India Express plane that crashed near Karanataka's Mangalore city May 22, was held Wednesday, officials said.
Blood ... Read more...
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Major air mishap averted at Mumbai (Lead)
May 27th, 2010 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 27 (IANS) Barely five days after an airliner crash at Mangalore claimed 158 lives, a major air disaster was averted Wednesday evening when an IndiGo flight taxied into the runway ... Read more...
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Flight data recorder of crashed Air India flight found
May 25th, 2010 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore (Karnataka), May 25 (IANS) The digital flight data recorder, a part of the black box, of the Air India Express plane that crashed killing 158 people was found Tuesday after three ... Read more...
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Air India crash: Experts to conduct DNA test today
May 24th, 2010 - 12:02 pm ICT by ANI
Mangalore, May 24 (ANI): A team of experts would conduct DNA tests to identify 22 victims of the air crash which are still remained unclaimed at the Wenlock Hospital here on Monday.A ... Read more...
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Plane’s black box found, kin bid loved ones adieu (Roundup)
May 23rd, 2010 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore/Mumbai/Kasargod, May 23 (IANS) A day after the air disaster in Mangalore claimed 158 lives, investigators Sunday found the plane's 'black box' to put together the last moments of the ill-fated aircraft ... Read more...
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Air India to give Rs.10 lakh interim relief to crash victims
May 23rd, 2010 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore, May 23 (IANS) Air India Sunday said it would give Rs.10 lakh each to the families of those aged 12 years and above killed in the Mangalore crash and Rs.5 ... Read more...
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Nepal mourns plane crash in India
May 23rd, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 23 (IANS) Despite facing a constitutional crisis and chaos less than a week away, Nepal's top political leadership took cognizance of the air crash in India Saturday that killed ... Read more...
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LCH marks a new era in Indian combat avionics
May 23rd, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI
By Shashank ShantanuBengaluru, May 23 (ANI): The successful test flight of the Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) on Sunday will would go down in the history of Indian combat avionics as a new ... Read more...
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‘Black box’ is generally orange and far from cockpit
May 23rd, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Usually painted bright orange to help easy retrieval, a black box is a combination of two devices mounted at the rear of an aircraft not the cockpit, ... Read more...
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Hunt still on for black box of crashed aircraft: Air India (Second Lead)
May 23rd, 2010 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 23 (IANS) Over 30 hours after the Mangalore air accident, the black box of the ill-fated Boeing 737-800 aircraft was yet to be recovered from its charred debris, delaying the ... Read more...
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In Mangalore crash, tragedy revisits Chandigarh family
May 23rd, 2010 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 23 (IANS) The Air India Express plane crash in Mangalore Saturday morning saw tragedy revisiting the family of an elderly woman in Chandigarh as she lost her Dubai-based daughter in ... Read more...
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Search still on for Air India aircraft’s black box
May 23rd, 2010 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Mangalore (Karnataka), May 23 (IANS) The search for the digital cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder of the ill-fated Air India aircraft that crashed here Saturday was still on, more ... Read more...
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Help Mangalore crash victims’ kin, Tharoor urges Gulf NRIs
May 22nd, 2010 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 22 (IANS) Former junior foreign minister Shashi Tharoor Saturday urged affluent NRIs in the Gulf to raise a fund to help the families of those killed in the Mangalore ... Read more...
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Antony, Pallam Raju not to attend LCH maiden flight function in Bengaluru
May 22nd, 2010 - 9:42 pm ICT by ANI
Bengaluru May 22 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony and his deputy M.Pallam Raju have cancelled their Sunday visit to Bengaluru, where they were supposed to participate in the inaugural flight launch ... Read more...
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Antony not to attend LCH’s maiden flight function in Bengaluru
May 22nd, 2010 - 8:07 pm ICT by ANI
Bengaluru May 22 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony has cancelled his Sunday's visit to Bengaluru, where he was supposed to participate in the inaugural flight launch ceremony of the Advanced Light ... Read more...
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Major air tragedy averted, Emirates plane safely lands in Kochi
April 25th, 2010 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
Kochi, Apr 25 (ANI): A major air disaster was averted on Sunday morning when an Emirates aeroplane flying over Goa hit an air-pocket and landed safely at the Nedumbasserry International Airport in ... Read more...
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NATO Secretary General Rasmussen expresses condolences over the death of Polish President Kaczynski
April 10th, 2010 - 5:32 pm ICT by BNO News
BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) -- NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Saturday expressed his condolences over the death of Polish President Kaczynski and others who died when the presidential plane crashed near ... Read more...
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Timely action by Mumbai ATC averts major air disaster
April 10th, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Apr 10 (ANI): The alert Mumbai Air Traffic Control (ATC) avoided a major air disaster over the Indian Ocean around 6 a. m. on Friday, when two aircrafts traveling on the ... Read more...
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Second air disaster in Hyderabad in less than two years
March 3rd, 2010 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 3 (IANS) The crash of a naval aircraft in a densely populated area near Begumpet Airport here Wednesday is the second such disaster in residential localities in less than ... Read more...
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Near miss at Mumbai airport
August 24th, 2009 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 23 (IANS) Two private planes took off almost simultaneously from the same runway at the Mumbai airport Sunday morning, narrowly averting an air disaster, an official said Sunday.
A probe has ... Read more...
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Russian Su-27 fighter jets collide, one killed (Lead)
August 16th, 2009 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 16 (Xinhua) Two Russian Su- 27 fighter jets collided during a training exercise Sunday killing one pilot, a media report said.
"According to updated information, one of the three pilots ... Read more...
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Four more bodies pulled out of New York’s Hudson River
August 10th, 2009 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Hoboken (New Jersey, US), Aug.10 (ANI): Divers pulled a helicopter and four more bodies out of the murky Hudson River on Sunday, days after a midair collision between a sightseeing helicopter and ... Read more...
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Mourning begins for Air France crash victims (Lead)
June 3rd, 2009 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, June 3 (DPA) French President Nicolas Sarkozy came to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Wednesday for a multi-denominational service commemorating the 228 victims of Monday's crash of an Air France jetliner.
Sarkozy ... Read more...
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France formally begins probe into Air France disaster
June 3rd, 2009 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, June 3 (DPA) An investigation into the cause of the Air France disaster was formally opened in France Wednesday as the country began a period of national mourning with a service ... Read more...
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