Tag: Plane Crash
Ten feared dead in Colombia plane crash
Colombian authorities said there was little chance of finding survivors after a small plane with 10 people on board crashed…
7 die as Ukraine plane crashes in Sahara
A Ukrainian cargo plane crashed in the Sahara desert early on Saturday, killing all seven people on board, Algeria’s transport…
Newcastle Utd honours supporters killed in MH17 crash
English Premier League club Newcastle United on Sunday paid tribute to two of their supporters who were killed when Malaysian…
Thousands mourn Brazil presidential candidate Campos
Thousands of mourners paid tribute to Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos here Sunday after the socialist politician’s death in a…
Flags at half-mast as France mourns Mali crash victims
Flags flew at half-mast in France Monday in mourning for the 118 victims of the Air Algerie plane tragedy, as…
Taiwan airline sorry for crash as relatives blast chairman
Taiwan’s TransAsia Airways ran an apology on the front pages of five major newspapers Friday, pledging to shoulder the “utmost…
More than 40 dead in Taiwan plane crash
More than 40 people were killed in a plane crash in Taiwan on Wednesday, officials said, with local television reporting…
11 killed in plane crash at Poland parachute club
Eleven people were killed and one person is seriously injured after a plane crashed at a parachute club close to…
Dana Plane Crash: Judge Disappoints Victims’ Families
Cyriacus Izuekwe & Simon Ateba Victims of the Dana Air disaster in Lagos seeking compensation were disappointed this morning when…
3 die as small plane crashes near Johannesburg
A light aircraft crashed Monday at Johannesburg’s Lanseria airport in South Africa, killing all three people aboard, an official at…
Dana Air Acquires 2 Boeing Planes
Suspended Dana Air has acquired two Boeing 737-500 planes as it seeks to phase out its old McDonnell Douglas aircraft…
Wreckage of Mozambican plane found, no survivors
The Namibian Police on Saturday found the burned wreckage of a missing Mozambican Airlines plane in a remote area in…
Agagu’s Son To Be Flown Abroad
There are indications that Feyi Agagu, the son of the late former Governor of Ondo State, and his in-law, Femi…
Nigeria’s Chaotic Aviation Industry
With 177 lives lost in 16 months and near-death experiences in our airspace now as ubiquitous as the air we…
Ojudu Mourns Crash Victims
The lawmaker representing Ekiti Central in the Senate, Mr. Babafemi Ojudu, says he is yet to come out of the…
Plane carrying Pilgrims crashlands in Sokoto
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigerian aviation authorities on Saturday confirmed that a plane with 512 souls on board crash-landed in the…
Mimiko absent as ex-governor Agagu buried amid tears
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Amidst tears and wailings, and despite the tragedy that befell the family as a result of a plane…
Lagos doctors stabilise Feyi Agagu, moved to new ward
Doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, are battling to save the life of Feyi Agagu, the son…
Lagos Mourns Plane Crash Victims
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has mourned victims of the Associated Airline plane crash in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria this…
Lagos Plane Crash Update:14 Dead, Six Survivors
Simon Ateba/aviation correspondent Fourteen people died and six others survived from Thursday’s plane crash in Lagos, southwestern Nigeria, the country’s…
Late Agagu’s Ibadan Residence In Gloom
The residence of late former Governor Olusegun Agagu wore a sombre look on Thursday as news of the plane crash…
Plane Carrying Agagu’s Corpse Crashes In Lagos
An Associated Airlines plane conveying the corpse of the late former governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Agagu, crashed on Thursday…
Plane Crash: Agagu’s casket intact, but 2 children die
The casket carrying the corpse of Chief Olusegun Agagu, the former governor of Ondo state was found intact in the…
Plane crash latest: FAAN confirms 15 dead, 5 survivors
Simon Ateba/Lagos An Associated airlines plane crashed on Thursday morning, killing at least 15 people, just minutes after taking off…
Plane crashes in Lagos, 20 feared dead
An Associated Airline plane bound for Akure, capital of Ondo State in western Nigeria, has crashed in Lagos. The plane…
Governor Suntai returns home…but no speeches yet
Gov. Danbaba Suntai of Nigeria’s Taraba state on Sunday arrived in Abuja after 10 months of medical treatment in Germany…
Taraba Governor Suntai departs New York for Nigeria
Governor Danbaba Suntai of Nigeria’s Taraba State early Sunday left the Republic Airport in Long Island Area of New York…
Dana Plane Crash: Crew Members’ Names Not On Cenotaph
Names of Dana Air crew who perished along with 150 others in the 3 June, 2012 plane crash are not…
‘Why Dana Crash Victims’ Families Have Not Been Paid’
The families of the Sunday, 3 June, 2012 Dana Airline plane crash victims have yet to collect the remaining 70…
Nigeria probes Cessna plane crash
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Investigators from the Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, have been deployed to the site of an air crash…