Turkey plane: Three dead, 180 hurt as jet skids off runway in Istanbul

A passenger plane landing at an airport in Istanbul has skidded off the runway and broken into three parts, killing three people and injuring 180 others, officials say. The Pegasus Airlines jet was carrying 177 passengers and six crew members from Izmir
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Kazakhstan flight with almost 100 onboard crashes, killing at least 12 people

At least 12 people were killed when a plane carrying 93 passengers and five crew members crashed shortly after takeoff near the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan on Friday morning. The plane “lost altitude after takeoff and broke through a concrete fence,”
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3 killed in UN peacekeeping helicopter crash in Central African Republic

Three peacekeepers were killed and a fourth was severely injured after a helicopter crashed on Friday morning local time, in the west of the Central African Republic, the UN mission to the country (MINUSCA) has confirmed. The four crew members onboard were all part of the Senegalese ‘blue helmets’ contingent, flying a Mi-24 helicopter providing
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A flight from the UK to Portugal was forced to make an emergency landing after the pilot reportedly fainted

A budget airline flight was forced to divert and make an emergency landing 750 miles from its destination after the pilot unexpectedly fell ill in the cockpit during the flight. Jet 2 Flight LS765 had been scheduled to fly from Manchester, United
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South Africa seizes Air Tanzania plane in Johannesburg

South African authorities have seized a plane from Tanzania’s national carrier, the Tanzanian government said. The Airbus 220-300 was due to fly from Johannesburg, South Africa, on Friday to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. It was not immediately clear why the action
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Air Peace Lagos Airport incidence : Pilot in Command debunks previous reports

Captain Simisola Ajibola who operated the Air Peace flight on July 23, which had nose wheel collapse, debunks reports, saying the aircraft landed without tyres. She said the incident, which took place at the international runway of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos,
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Russian Aeroflot plane makes emergency landing in Moscow

A Russian passenger plane has made an emergency landing at Moscow airport after a fire broke out mid-flight. All 78 passengers were reportedly evacuated from the Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet aircraft after it landed at an airport in Moscow. At least 13 people
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