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The black boxes of a Boeing jetliner that crashed in South Korea last month stopped recording about four minutes before the accident, South Korean officials said Saturday, possibly complicating investigations into the cause of the disaster that killed 179 people. After analyzing the devices, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board …
Read More »South Korea police raid Jeju Air, airport operator over fatal plane crash
South Korean police said on Thursday they had raided Jeju Air and the operator of Muan International Airport as part of their investigation into Sunday’s crash that killed 179 people in the worst aviation disaster on the country’s soil. Jeju Air 7C2216, which departed the Thai capital of Bangkok for Muan in southwestern South …
Read More »Part of plane catches fire on Halifax runway after rough landing, temporarily closing airport
The Halifax airport was closed for about 90 minutes Saturday night after a plane arriving from St. John’s experienced a problem landing, which saw the plane skid down the runway and part of it catch fire. Passenger Nikki Valentine, who spoke with CBC from a hangar where many of those …
Read More »Plane crashes and burns while landing in South Korea, killing 179
A passenger plane skidded off a runway at a South Korean airport on Sunday, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into flames after its front landing gear apparently failed to deploy. All but two of the 181 people on board died in one of the country’s worst aviation disasters. …
Read More »Azerbaijan plane crash: ਪੁਤਿਨ ਨੇ ਹਾਦਸੇ ਲਈ ਮੁਆਫ਼ੀ ਮੰਗੀ
ਮਾਸਕੋ, 28 ਦਸੰਬਰ ਰੂਸ ਦੇ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀ ਵਲਾਦੀਮੀਰ ਪੁਤਿਨ ਨੇ ਕਜ਼ਾਖਸਤਾਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਅਜ਼ਰਬਾਇਜਾਨੀ ਜਹਾਜ਼ ਹਾਦਸੇ ਦੀ ਮੰਦਭਾਗੀ ਘਟਨਾ ਲਈ ਅੱਜ ਅਜ਼ਰਬਾਇਜਾਨ ਦੇ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀ ਤੋਂ ਮੁਆਫ਼ੀ ਮੰਗੀ। ਇਸ ਹਾਦਸੇ ’ਚ 38 ਜਣਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਮੌਤ ਹੋ ਗਈ ਸੀ। ਜਹਾਜ਼ ਨੇ ਬੁੱਧਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਅਜ਼ਰਬਾਇਜਾਨ ਦੀ ਰਾਜਧਾਨੀ ਬਾਕੂ ਤੋਂ ਚੇਚਨਿਆ ਦੀ ਰਾਜਧਾਨੀ ਗ੍ਰੋਜ਼ਨੀ ਲਈ …
Read More »Malaysian government agrees in principle to another search for MH370 plane wreckage
Malaysia’s government has agreed in principle to accept a second “no find, no fee” proposal from a U.S. company to renew the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which is believed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean more than 10 years ago, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said Friday. …
Read More »Air safety expert on plane crash in Brazil: ‘I wouldn’t fly ’em’
Mary Schiavo carefully describes what she saw happen when Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 plummeted to the ground in Brazil Friday, an airline crash that killed all 62 aboard. “This video provided a tremendous number of clues,” Schiavo told Global News in an interview from Charleston, S.C., commenting on mobile …
Read More »Pilot suffers minor injuries in crop-dusting plane crash near Arborg, Man. – Winnipeg
July 21, a crop dusting plane was spraying a field when one of the wings hit a tree and the plane crashed in the RM of Bifrost. The pilot, a 33yo male, suffered minor injuries & was taken to hospital. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada was notified. #rcmpmb pic.twitter.com/h0JowhZ1Wx …
Read More »Coroner’s office in Northwest Territories expected to provide update on deadly plane crash
Officials in the Northwest Territories told Global News that they expect the coroner’s office to release more details Wednesday about a deadly plane crash that occurred near the border between the territory and Alberta. The crash happened Tuesday near Fort Smith, N.W.T., and the coroner’s office has already confirmed there …
Read More »Bombardier wins deal to supply U.S. Army with jet for spy plane prototype – National
After losing a major contract to Boeing at home, Canadian aerospace giant Bombardier Inc. has won a new deal to sell the U.S. Army up to three of its Global Express 6500 business jets so they can be transformed into an American spy plane prototype. Bombardier won the U.S. Army …
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