Small passenger plane crashes in eastern Canada, killing 4
January 12th, 2012 - 2:20 am ICT by BNO News
WINNIPEG, CANADA (BNO NEWS) -- Four people were killed on late Tuesday morning when a small passenger plane crashed in eastern Canada, officials said on Wednesday. One person survived the crash.The accident ... Read more...
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Poor quality fuel cause of Russian plane crash?
September 8th, 2011 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Poor quality of aviation fuel could be one of the possible reasons why the Yak-42 plane crashed in Russia Wednesday, killing at least 43 people, ... Read more...
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Body recovered from 2009 Air France flight
May 5th, 2011 - 8:03 pm ICT by BNO News
PARIS (BNO NEWS) -- Search teams were able to recover a body of one of the 228 victims that died during Air France flight 447, which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean in ... Read more...
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NTSB investigating wing clipping incident at New York’s JFK airport
April 13th, 2011 - 2:53 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Tuesday informed that it is investigating the wing clipping incident between an Air France jet and a smaller aircraft at ... Read more...
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Serb pilots blame ‘pressures’ of working in India for Dubai-Mangalore AI plane crash
November 20th, 2010 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
Belgrade, Nov 20 (ANI): Denying media reports that a sleepy captain was responsible for an Air India plane crash in May that killed 158 passengers, the Serbian Pilots Association has said that ... Read more...
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Report blames pilot error for Air India Express crash that killed 158
November 17th, 2010 - 1:13 am ICT by BNO News
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BNO NEWS) -- The May 22 Air India Express plane crash at Mangalore airport that killed 158 people was caused by pilot error, according to the final report, which ... Read more...
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Black box of crashed plane found in Cuba
November 6th, 2010 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, Nov 6 (IANS/EFE) The black box and cockpit voice recorder of a plane that crashed in Cuba, killing all 68 people on board, have been recovered, a media report said.Aero ... Read more...
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Mangalore Air crash due to pilot’s error
September 8th, 2010 - 10:25 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Sep.8 (ANI): An investigation into the four month old Mangalore Air crash that involved death of 158 lives, has revealed that the mishap occurred due to pilot's error.An analysis of ... Read more...
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Two pilots killed in cargo plane crash in Dubai
September 4th, 2010 - 3:49 am ICT by IANS
Dubai, Sep 4 (IANS) Two pilots were killed Friday when a Boeing 747 cargo plane crashed on a road just two minutes after it took off from Dubai airport, police said.
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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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Black box of ill-fated plane found (Lead)
July 31st, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 31 (IANS) The black box of a Pakistani passenger aircraft which crashed Wednesday in Margalla Hills near Islamabad has been retrieved, officials said Saturday.
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Black box of crashed Pakistan plane found
July 31st, 2010 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 31 (DPA) Pakistani authorities Saturday said they had retrieved the flight recorder of a plane that crashed three days ago near Islamabad, killing 152 people on board.
"Yes, we have found ... Read more...
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Oz inventor of Black Box dies at 85
July 21st, 2010 - 7:01 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 21 (ANI): An Australian scientist who invented the black box flight data recorder, has died, at the age of 85.David Warren came up with the idea for the cockpit ... Read more...
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Flight data recorder from crashed Air India plane recovered (Lead)
May 25th, 2010 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore/New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Another part of the black box, the digital flight data recorder (DFDR) of the Air India Express plane that crashed in Mangalore killing 158 people, was found ... 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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Search for plane’s flight data recorder to resume Tuesday (Lead)
May 24th, 2010 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore (Karnataka), May 24 (IANS) Two days of search for the digital flight data recorder, a part of the black box, of the Air India Express plane that crashed here Saturday have ... Read more...
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Search continues for plane’s digital flight data recorder
May 24th, 2010 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore (Karnataka), May 24 (IANS) Teams of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and police Monday resumed their search for the digital flight data recorder, a part of the black box, ... Read more...
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DGCA begins crash probe, finds voice recorder, data unit (Lead)
May 23rd, 2010 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore, May 23 (IANS) The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) late Sunday began investigating the crash of the Air India Express Boeing 737-800 (VT-AXV) after the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and ... Read more...
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India Air crash kills 158 people, cockpit voice recorder & flight data recorder recovered
May 23rd, 2010 - 8:27 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Mangalore, May 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The recent unfortunate Air India crash killed around 160 people. Only eight people were lucky enough to escape from the devastation alive. The crash happened when ... Read more...
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Crashed plane’s black box found
May 23rd, 2010 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore (Karnataka), May 23 (IANS) The black box of the crashed Air India Express plane has been found, police and airport sources said Sunday.
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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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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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158 bodies recovered from Air India crash site
May 23rd, 2010 - 1:19 am ICT by IANS
Mangalore, May 22 (IANS) Air India said late Saturday that 158 people were killed in the Air India Express crash at Mangalore airport and all the bodies have been recovered.
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Black box of Air India flight not traced, 146 bodies found
May 22nd, 2010 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Authorities have recovered 146 bodies from the debris of the Air India flight that crashed in Mangalore Saturday and a court of inquiry will be ordered ... Read more...
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Expert panel blames bad weather for YSR chopper crash
February 11th, 2010 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 11 (IANS) A two-member expert committee which probed the helicopter crash that killed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others last year has virtually ruled out sabotage.
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Month after YSR’s death, uncertainty persists in Andhra
October 2nd, 2009 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 2 (IANS) One month after the helicopter crash that killed chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Andhra Pradesh continues to be in a limbo -- as investigators struggle for clues, political ... Read more...
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YSR chopper pilots knew of bad weather, shows voice recorder
September 23rd, 2009 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) A US probe has found that the pilot and co-pilot of the chopper that crashed in an Andhra Pradesh forest, killing chief minister Y.S. ... Read more...
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CBI to begin YSR chopper crash probe Friday
September 10th, 2009 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team will begin Friday its probe into the helicopter crash that killed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four ... Read more...
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DGCA probe team visits YSR chopper crash site
September 9th, 2009 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 9 (IANS) An investigation team of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), probing the Sep 2 helicopter crash that killed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and ... Read more...
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Week later, mystery of YSR chopper crash unsolved
September 9th, 2009 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 9 (IANS) A week after the helicopter crash that killed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others, there is still no light on the circumstances that ... Read more...
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Probe begins into YSR helicopter crash
September 5th, 2009 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 5 (IANS) Aviation and police authorities Saturday began a probe into the helicopter crash that killed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others Wednesday.
A team of the ... Read more...
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Black box of YSR’s helicopter recovered
September 5th, 2009 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 4 (IANS) The black box of the ill-fated Bell 430 helicopter that crashed killing Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others has been recovered, officials said Friday.
The ... Read more...
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Air France crash plane not destroyed in flight: Official
July 2nd, 2009 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, July 2 (DPA) The Air France Airbus A330-200 that crashed into the Atlantic one month ago was not destroyed in flight, an official with the French Office of Accident Investigation (BEA) ... Read more...
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IAF mountaineers recover black box of crashed AN-32 plane
June 29th, 2009 - 8:11 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 29 (ANI): A team of the Indian Air Force Adventure Cell has recovered the black box of the AN-32 aircraft that crashed on June 9.The aircraft was heading towards ... Read more...
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