Suspicious Belarusian cargo plane lands at Phnom Penh after ceasefire
QUESTIONS have arisen over a Belarusian cargo plane landing at Phnom Penh after the 72-hour Thai-Cambodian ceasefire started at noon today (Dec. 27) as it appeared to have deliberately detoured Thai airspace, Amarin TV said this evening. A post at the Army Military Force Facebook page said the following: “What now!? Just a few […]
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 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 MorePassenger jet collides with army helicopter while landing at Reagan Washington National Airport
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Arlington, Va. – A passenger jet collided on Wednesday Jan. 29 (Jan. 30 morning in Thailand) with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River. There was no immediate word on casualties, but all […]
Read MoreVideo clip shows small plane nosediving to the ground
A VIDEO CLIP shared online shows a small plane that crashed into a mangrove forest in Chachoengsao’s Bang Pakong district killing all nine aboard yesterday (Aug. 22) nosediving to the ground, Amarin TV, Naewna newspaper and TV Channel 7 said. Killed in the crash of Thai Flying Service Cessna Caravan C208 (HS-SKR) plane were […]
Read MoreWreckage of T-28 plane to be retrieved from Mekong river
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE AIR FORCE PLANS to retrieve the wreckage of a US-built T-28 Trojan light attack plane from the now-shallow Mekong river. The wreckage of the North American Aviation T-28 turboprop plane which had nosedived and crashed into the international river in Thabor district of Nong Khai during the Vietnam War […]
Read More5 dead in fiery plane collision at Tokyo airport
By AP and published by CTV News Tokyo – A passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport today (Jan. 2) and burst into flames. Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito confirmed that all 379 occupants of Japan Airlines flight JAL-516 got out safely before the plane was […]
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