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 A Dana Air flight skidded off the Lagos airport runway, leading to the diversion of other flights to the international airport.    A Nigerian on X, BelemaMhart,  who boarded another airline, shared photos and said that there were no casualties.   “We were about to land in Lagos and the …

Engineers have unveiled plans for the world’s largest airplane, nicknamed the WindRunner, which would use renewable energy by transporting gigantic wind turbine blades from point A to B. Designed by the Colorado-based energy company Radia, the behemoth cargo carrier measures a whopping 356 feet long and 79 feet tall with …

A plane crashed into an elderly couple’s back garden while they were watching television and they had no idea.    Pensioners Jeanette and Geoff Charley admitted they heard a “great big bang” but didn’t notice that the light aircraft had come to a halt in their flower bed last Saturday, …

Seven people were killed Sunday, January 28,  in Brazil’s southeast Minas Gerais state when the small plane they were traveling in crashed, authorities said. The single-engine plane broke up mid-air and crashed at around 10:30 am (1330 GMT) in the mining town of Itapeva, firefighters told the news agency AFP. …

  Ukrainian officials have dismissed Kremlin claims that 65 prisoners of war died when a Russian transport plane was shot down.     They accused Russia of inventing the story of the tragedy as a propaganda stunt. They believe the aircraft was empty when it was shot down.       Mail Online reports …

A Texas surgeon and his two young children were killed in a plane crash on Sunday, Jan. 14.   Dr. Heath Smith and his two kids, 6 and 8, died when the small aircraft crashed in a pasture in Parker County near the town of Poolville, the Texas Department of …

American actor Christian Oliver has been identified as one of the victims who died tragically alongside his two daughters, ages 10 and 12, as their plane nose-dived and crashed into the waters off of a small Caribbean island.      Christian Klepser, 51, who went by the stage name Christian Oliver, was …

A passenger has been found dead in a plane toilet during a flight from Tenerife to Manchester.   During the journey on Tuesday, fellow travellers on the Jet2 plane noticed the cubicle had been locked for some time, prompting them to alert staff, The Mirror reported.   The crew eventually …

A British Airways crew member died after she collapsed in front of passengers moments before their jet was due to take off.      According to Mail Online, the 52-year-old steward fell to the floor as holidaymakers were preparing to fly from London Heathrow to Hong Kong on New Year’s …

Five people on board a Coast Guard aircraft died after a collision with a Japan Airlines plane at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan’s capital, on Tuesday, the Japanese transport minister said.      Five people on board a Coast Guard aircraft died after a collision with a Japan Airlines plane at Haneda …