US: Pilot threatens to crash plane into Walmart store in Mississippi
A pilot of a small plane, flying in circles for more than an hour, threatened to crash into a Walmart store in Tupelo, Mississippi on Saturday, media reports said, citing local police.
China flight lost 26,000 feet in under 3 minutes before crash, no sign of survivors: Report
New Delhi/IBNS: The China Eastern Airline Boeing 737-800 aircraft carrying 132 people on board that crashed in the mountains in southern China on Monday reported a sudden loss of cruising altitude-nearly 26,000 feet under 3 minutes, online tracker FlightRadar24 said.
Plane with tourists crashes in Nazca Desert in Peru
Buenos Aires/UNI/Sputnik: Seven people have died as a plane with tourists crashed in the Nazca desert in Peru, media reports said.
Six die in Bolivian Air Force plane crash
La Paz/UNI/Xinhua: Six people died on Saturday, including four officials from the Bolivian Ministry of Health, after a Bolivian Air Force plane crashed in the Amazon area of Agua Dulce in the Pando department, local police said.
Plane crash in Russia's Kemerovo region leaves 4 dead
Moscow/Xinhua: The authorities of Russia's Kemerovo region denied information about nine people killed after the emergency landing of a plane in the region on Saturday, saying that four people died as a result.
US: Plane with six aboard crashes in Utah
Washington/UNI: A plane with six people on board has crashed into a residential area in Utah, US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said.
Six killed in light aircraft crash in Mexico
Mexico City/UNI: The Prosecutor's Office of Mexico's Chihuahua State said a Cessna light aircraft had crashed killing the pilot and five passengers.
Two civilian planes hit in rocket strike at Tripoli airport - GNA
Cairo/Sputnik: Two civilian jetliners in Libya were damaged in Saturday shelling of a Tripoli airport by forces loyal to eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar, the UN-backed administration said.
Ukraine wants Iran's guilty plea over plane crash formalized: Foreign Minister
Kiev/Sputnik: Kiev wants Iran’s guilty plea for shooting down a Ukrainian plane near Tehran be cemented in an internationally recognized document, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said Friday.
Black boxes of plane crashed in Iran to be deciphered in Ukraine: French Bureau BEA
Moscow/Sputnik: Black boxes of a plane that crashed in Iran will be deciphered in Ukraine, while French experts will participate in the technical work, France's Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA) said on Saturday, adding that Tehran was responsible for communication and the investigation process.
Intelligence indicates Ukrainian international airlines jet shot down by missile - Trudeau
Toronto/Sputnik/UNI: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced at a press conference on Thursday that Canada has intelligence that the ill-fated Ukrainian International Airlines flight was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. He added that the strike may have been unintentional.
Zelenskyy cuts short Oman trip, returns to Kiev due to plane crash in Iran: Office
Kiev/Sputnik/UNI: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has cut short his visit to Oman and is urgently returning to Kiev in the wake of the deadly crash of Ukraine's Boeing 737 near Tehran airport, Zelenskyy's presidential office said on Wednesday.
All onboard passengers killed after Ukrainian plane crashes near Tehran
Tehran/IBNS: All 180 onboard passengers were killed after a Ukrainian plane crashed near Iran's Khomeini Airport on Wednesday, media reports said.
Plane crash in Kazakhstan kills 14, 35 injured
Nur-Sultan/UNI: A Bek Air plane crashed near Kazakhstan's biggest city Almaty shortly after taking off, killing at least 14 people, living 35 injured on Friday, the government said.
Seven people died in Bek air plane crash in Almaty – Kazakhstan's Ministry of Industry
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: A plane of the Bek Air airline crashed on Friday near the airport of the Kazakh city of Almaty, leaving seven people dead, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development said.