The plane plunged into the sea with all 189 aboard feared dead. Indonesia is deploying underwater beacons to trace its black box recorders and uncover why an almost-new plane crashed minutes after take-off. In a statement, Lion Air said human remains were collected in 24 body bags after sweeps of the site of the crash, … Read more
MUMBAI: A mid-air disaster was averted last week when an IndiGo plane and an Indian Air Force (IAF) jet were on a “collision course” in Chennai airspace, setting off an RA warning for IndiGo pilot to steer the aircraft to a safer distance, a source said. The two aircraft were just “300 feet” away from each … Read more
A Boeing 737 leased to national carrier Cubana de Aviacion crashed shortly after taking off from Havana’s Jose Marti airport on Friday, with 113 passengers and crew aboard. Just two survivors remain — both Cuban woman who are fighting for their lives at Havana’s Calixto Garcia hospital. “I can inform you that we have identified … Read more
It was not immediately known if there were any casualties on the plane, which was destined for Holguin and operated by national airline Cubana, state-run TV reported. “It crashed between the locality of Boyeros and the village of Santiago de La Vegas,” state-run TV said in its midday news broadcast, referring to an area some 20 … Read more
An II-38 plane of the Indian Navy reportedly made an emergency landing in an airfield just outside Moscow late on Saturday night. Local Russian media has reported that the plane had developed a technical snag and was forced to make an emergency landing at the Zhukovsky Airfield. The airport was temprarily shut down for other flight … Read more
New Delhi: A day after Congress alleged that there was a conspiracy behind Rahul Gandhi’s plane making an emergency landing in Hubali airport, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Friday cited an operator’s report as saying that the autopilot mode on the plane had developed problems. The DGCA said the operator’s report found that the … Read more