Pilot killed in South African jet crash
July 1st, 2012 - 4:38 am ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, July 1 (IANS) A pilot was killed after a jet plane crashed at an air show in South Africa, Xinhua reported.The pilot lost control over the jet -- a ... Read more...
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Fighter jet crashes in Belarus
June 13th, 2012 - 7:18 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Soviet-era Su-25 fighter jet crashed in Belarus, killing the pilot, the country's defence ministry said.The pilot, Nikolai Gridnyov, lost control of the jet when ... Read more...
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Poland to reconstruct jet crash that killed president
January 23rd, 2011 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
Warsaw, Jan 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Poland plans to reconstruct the crash that killed then Polish president Lech Kaczynski, a top official said.A Tu-154 plane that crashed near Smolensk, in western Russia, in ... Read more...
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Victorian cricketers, John Butler band survive Qantas jet crash scare
August 31st, 2010 - 4:25 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, Aug 31 (ANI): Cricket Victoria has confirmed that a squad of 17 players, including the Australian band John Butler Trio (Cameron White, David Hussey and Peter Siddle), were on Qantas flight ... Read more...
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China probes jet crash
August 30th, 2010 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 30 (IANS) China Monday set up a task force to probe the crash of a passenger jet that killed 42 people, a media report said.
The accident occurred last Tuesday ... Read more...
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All passengers except one on board “miraculously” survive Columbian jet crash
August 17th, 2010 - 12:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 17 (ANI): A Boeing 737 jetliner carrying 121 passengers, including six crew members, crashed in a thunderstorm and broke into three pieces as it slid onto the runway on a ... Read more...
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Miracle in Colombia: All but one survive AIRES jet crash
August 16th, 2010 - 10:25 pm ICT by BNO News
SAN ANDRES, COLOMBIA (BNO NEWS) – A Boeing 737-700 belonging to AIRES airline crashed at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport on the Colombian island of San Andres on Monday, authorities said.The aircraft, ... Read more...
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IAF checks its fighter planes following Jaisalmer crash
December 2nd, 2009 - 4:54 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 2 (ANI): An Indian Air Force (IAF) official today said that the IAF is carrying out a check on each of it's aircraft following the Sukhoi fighter jet crash ... Read more...
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Five killed in private jet crash near Minsk
October 27th, 2009 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Minsk, Oct 27 (RIA Novosti) No survivors were found at the crash site of a Russian business jet carrying at least five people near the Minsk airport, an official in Belarus said ... Read more...
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MiG 27 fighter jet crash near Jalpaiguri, pilot safe
October 23rd, 2009 - 7:17 pm ICT by ANI
Jalpaiguri, Oct 23 (ANI): An Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG 27 aircraft crashed near New Jalpaiguri about 16 kilometers West of the Hashimara Air Force Base on Friday.According to a Defence Ministry ... Read more...
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Fighter-jet crash in Israel kills late astronaut’s son
September 14th, 2009 - 7:09 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Sep 14 (Xinhua) An Israeli F-16A fighter jet crashed in the West Bank Sunday afternoon, killing a son of late Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon who died in the 2003 Columbia ... 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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Sukhoi Su-30 jet crash raises heat in Rajya Sabha (Lead)
July 8th, 2009 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The crash of an Indian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30 combat jet in Rajasthan this April, the first accident involving the plane since it was inducted 12 ... Read more...
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14 dead in Brazil plane crash
May 24th, 2009 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI
Brasilia (Brazil), May 24 (ANI): At least 14 people were killed in a small executive jet crash at a luxury beach resort in northeastern Brazil.Brazil's Aeronautics Command and the Legal Medical ... Read more...
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Pilot killed in US fighter jet crash (Second lead)
March 26th, 2009 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 26 (DPA) The pilot of a F-22A fighter jet was killed when the aircraft crashed in California while on a test flight, news reports said.
The pilot, 49-year-old David Cooley, ... Read more...
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US fighter jet crash kills two (Lead)
December 9th, 2008 - 6:57 am ICT by IANS
Washington/Los Angeles, Dec 9 (DPA) A US F/A-18 fighter jet crashed Monday into a San Diego, California, neighbourhood, killing at least two people and damaging two homes in the densely populated area, ... Read more...
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Pilot dies in Pakistan Air Force jet crash
February 16th, 2008 - 2:08 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, Feb 16 (IANS) A jet aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has crashed near Sargodha in Punjab, killing its pilot. "Pakistan Air Force announces with great sorrow and grief that ... Read more...
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Rogue phone call may have caused Heathrow jet crash
January 22nd, 2008 - 2:22 pm ICT by admin
London, Jan.22 (ANI): A rogue phone call may have caused last weeks Heathrow jet crash.
Transport Department investigators are probing the possibility a crossed line diverted a call to the Boeing 777, interfering ... Read more...
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Brown arrives in China, both countries agree to boost two-way trade to 60 bln dollars by 2010
January 18th, 2008 - 1:52 pm ICT by admin
Beijing, Jan.18 (ANI): Three days after a landmark first visit to China by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, his British counterpart Gordon Brown arrived in Beijing on Friday on his maiden visit as ... Read more...
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