Tag: plane crash

Saturday, December 28th 2024 - 10:13 UTC
Azerbaijan Airlines Brazilian-built jet damaged from the outside

While several theories are being thrown into the fray regarding the probable causes of Azerbaijan Airlines' Flight J2-8243 crash in Kazakhstan, one thing seems to be for sure: the Brazilian-built Embraer E-190 jet was damaged from the outside, leading to at least 38 deaths while there are 29 survivors, some of whom were also said to be in a serious condition. In the meantime, representatives of Embraer have arrived at the site where the plane crashed.
Thursday, December 26th 2024 - 09:09 UTC
At least 29 survivors reported in Brazilian-built airliner crash

A Brazilian-built Embraer E-190 jet of Azerbaijan Airlines registration 4K-AZ65 carrying 67 people crashed near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau Wednesday, killing 38 people, while 29 others, including three children, were rushed to emergency services for treatment. The passengers included 37 Azerbaijanis, 16 Russians, 6 Kazakhstanis, and 3 Kyrgyzstan nationals.
Tuesday, January 16th 2024 - 15:03 UTC
Pilot working to extinguish a fire in Chile died after crashing on a highway

A Spanish pilot lost his life on Monday when the firefighting plane he was operating crashed in the central Maule region, as reported by the National Forestry Corporation (Conaf) of Chile.
Friday, July 1st 2022 - 20:51 UTC
Four killed in plane crash in Tierra del Fuego

Four people were killed after an ambulance aircraft crashed upon takeoff from the airport in Río Grande, in the Argentine Province of Tierra del Fuego, Friday afternoon.
Monday, March 21st 2022 - 18:00 UTC
Chinese airliner crashes with 132 people on board

A US-built Boeing 737-800 belonging to China Eastern Airlines crashed Monday in the southern province of Guangxi, presumably killing all 132 people on board instantly, in what has become the worst civilian air disaster in the country since 2010.
Friday, December 24th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
All acquitted in Austral Fray Bentos crash probe

Argentina's Federal Oral Court number five Thursday acquitted all those under investigation for the 1997 fall of an Austral Douglas DC-9-32 in the Uruguayan city of Fray Bentos.
Monday, August 23rd 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Argentine private plane falls down on approach to Punta del Este killing two

An Argentine-registered single-engined aircraft fell Sunday in the Sierras de las Ánimas, in the Uruguayan department of Maldonado, near Punta del Este. Both occupants died.
Monday, January 4th 2021 - 04:06 UTC
People killed in large commercial airline crashes higher in 2020 than 2019

The number of people killed in large commercial airplane crashes rose in 2020 to 299 worldwide, even as the number of crashes fell by more than 50%, a Dutch consulting firm said.
Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:25 UTC
Pakistani Airbus with 99 passengers crashes in Karachi district: at least 80 killed

A Pakistan International Airlines Airbus jet with 99 people aboard crashed into a crowded residential district of the city of Karachi on Friday afternoon after twice trying to land at the airport, a witness said.
Saturday, May 11th 2019 - 08:52 UTC
Two Argentine pilots survive crash landing in Costa Rica's capital

Two Argentine pilots survived when their light aircraft crash landed on Friday in a heavily populated area of the capital of Costa Rica, officials said. The pilots climbed out of the wreckage of the plane after it came down in the Pavas neighborhood of San Jose, in an area full of homes and schools, witnesses and officials said.