Light air force aircraft crashes in Chiang Mai
THE Thai air force has confirmed an AT-6 light attack/armed reconnaissance aircraft crashed in a Chiang Mai forest this morning (Jan. 29) while on a training mission with investigation underway, Amarin TV said. Fire & Rescue Thailand posted images on its Facebook page showing the aircraft engulfed in flames and also said that the […]
Read MoreSenator charged with robbing a corpse faces ethics probe
A SENATOR charged with robbing the corpse of a car accident victim in 2021 and using his senatorial status to delay legal proceedings in court will likely be investigated for violating code of ethics by the upper chamber, Amarin TV said this evening (Aug. 11). Bang Pakong police station in Chachoengsao province had filed […]
Read MoreFuel to Air India jet engines cut off moments before crash: Preliminary report
By Reuters and published by CNA Delhi – A preliminary report into the Air India crash that killed 260 people last month showed that three seconds after taking off, the plane’s engine fuel cutoff switches almost simultaneously flipped from run to cutoff, starving the engines of fuel. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner immediately began to […]
Read MoreSurvivor of Air India crash jumped out of emergency exit, police say
By Agencies and published by CNA New Delhi – Ramesh Viswashkumar, the only known survivor out of the 242 people onboard an Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday (June 12), had been sitting near an emergency exit of the London-bound flight and managed to jump out, police said. A doctor at […]
Read MoreLondon-bound Air India flight with more than 240 aboard crashes after takeoff from Ahmedabad, India
By AP and published by The Canadian Press – shared by Msn.com Ahmedabad, India – An Air India passenger plane bound for London with more than 240 people on board crashed on Thursday (June 12) in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad, the airline said. Visuals on local television channels showed smoke billowing from the […]
Read MoreMyanmar military junta fighter jet shot down near Mandalay, rebel group claims
By AP and published by Euronews A MYANMAR junta fighter jet crashed and burned in Myanmar on Tuesday (June 10) in an area that has seen intense fighting during the civil war, with one rebel group claiming to have shot it down while state-run media said it had suffered a mechanical failure. The aircraft […]
Read MoreThree dead in police helicopter crash
A POLICE helicopter crashed in Prachuap Khiri Khan province this afternoon (May 24) killing two pilots and a mechanic but one person managed to bail out, Naewna and Thai Rath newspaper said. The helicopter, later identified as Bell 212 and assigned to Kanchanaburi Aviation Unit, crashed near Prachuap intersection within Wing 5 area with […]
Read MoreSix police officers killed in plane crash in Hua Hin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SIX POLICE OFFICERS were killed in a plane crash in the sea off Hua Hin today (April 25), police said. Those killed in the plane crash were three police pilots, one police aircraft engineer and two police mechanics aboard the Viking Air DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft which crashlanded in the […]
Read MoreMotorcyclist dies after being chased by sedan down Sukhumvit road
AN ANGRY Indian man chased a motorcyclist down Sukhumvit road with this leading to the latter crashing against a power pole in front of Soi 10 and dying on the spot, Thai police said. Por Tek Tung Foundation rescuers rushed to the scene of the accident but found the approximately 49-year-old man lying dead […]
Read MoreDeath toll from Jeju Air crash in South Korea crosses 100
By Agencies and published by CNA Muan County, South Korea – At least 124 people were killed when an airliner landed without wheels, veering off the runway and erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall at South Korea’s Muan International Airport on Sunday (Dec .29), the national fire agency said. Jeju […]
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