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Just-In: Max Air Plane Crash-lands In Abuja After Tyre Burst Into Flames

DailyDatesNG — Sun, 07 May 2023 17:21:38 +0000

A Max Air aircraft has crash-landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Sunday after the tyre reportedly burst into flames.

An official of the Airline disclosed that there were no casualties as all 144 Passengers and 6 Crew members on Board were safely evacuated.

The aircraft had arrived from Yola, Adamawa State and was towed after the incident occurred.

More to come.

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Nineteen Killed After Passenger Plane Crashes Into Lake Victoria

DailyDatesNG — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 06:32:36 +0000

Nineteen people have died after a small passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria as it was coming into land at an airport in Tanzania.

Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa announced the new death toll, which is up from three earlier.

“All Tanzanians join you in mourning these 19 people who have lost their lives,” Mr Majaliwa told reporters near the scene on Sunday.

The aircraft was travelling to Bukoba airport when it “crash landed” at 8.53am (5.53am GMT), Precision Air said in a statement.

Previously authorities said 26 of the 43 people on board the flight from the country’s biggest city, Dar es Salaam, had been rescued and taken to hospital.

“We have managed to save quite a number of people,” Kagera province police commander William Mwampaghale told journalists.

“When the aircraft was about 100 metres (328ft) midair, it encountered problems and bad weather. It was raining and the plane plunged into the water.

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Six Die In Russian Plane Crash

DailyDatesNG — Sat, 25 Sep 2021 16:39:57 +0000

All six people on board an aging Antonov An-26 transport plane that crashed in the Russian far east the previous day have been killed, Russia’s emergency services ministry said on Thursday.

The plane, which the TASS news agency said belonged to a company that performed technical checks at Russian airports and was 42 years old, disappeared from radar screens on Wednesday.

The emergency services ministry said on Thursday it had discovered the wreckage in hard-to-access terrain and that a rescue team had hiked for more than five hours to reach the location.

“Unfortunately, as a result of the crash there are no survivors,” the ministry said in a statement.

Russian aviation safety standards have improved in recent years but accidents, especially involving aging planes in far-flung regions, are not uncommon. In July, all 28 people on board an Antonov An-26 twin-engine turboprop died in a crash in Kamchatka, also in the far east.

Source: Reuters

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