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At least nine people d!ed when a small plane crashed on Sunday morning, Dec. 22, in Gramado, in southern Brazil, authorities said, slamming into a commercial area of the tourist city.  The aircraft crashed into the chimney of a building, struck the second floor of a house and then “fell on a furniture store,” the Rio Grande do Sul state …

The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport has been temporarily shut after an Allied Air Cargo aircraft with registration number 5N-JRT skidded off Runway 22.   Confirming the incident, the Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN),  Obiageri Orah, said the incident occurred at 10:05am today, and that five people were on board the aircraft. She …

Nigerian singer and America’s Got Talent star, Kechi Okwuchi, has marked the 19th anniversary of the Sosoliso plane crash.    The former student of Loyola Jesuit College was aboard the Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 when it crashed while attempting to land at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers State on December 10, 2005, k!lling 106 people, including 60 schoolmates.    …

The ruling creates uncertainty around criminal prosecution of the aerospace giant in connection with the development of its bestselling airline plane. ADVERTISEMENT A federal judge on Thursday rejected a deal that would have let Boeing plead guiltyto a felony conspiracy charge and pay a fine for misleading US regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, …

TVC presenter, Akashat Ny’mat, has knocked singer Davido for going on US radio programme to say Nigeria’s economy is in shambles. While speaking on a programme on the TV station this morning, Ny’mat couldn’t hide her displeasure at Davido’s comment. According to her, he de-marketed Nigeria by the comments he made about Nigeria and her economy. ‘’Asiwaju is taking a …

One person has d!ed and three people have been injured after a DHL cargo plane crashed this morning, Nov. 25, near the Lithuanian capital.  The Lithuanian airport authority identified the aircraft as a “DHL cargo plane flying from Leipzig, Germany, to Vilnius Airport.”  A search is currently under way for a fourth person.  The plane, operated for DHL by the Spanish …

An aircraft has reportedly been grounded for the past five days after more than 130 hamsters in the hold managed to escape their cages.  Maintenance workers have been trying to round up the power cable-eating rodents since the mass escape last Tuesday, Nov. 12, but 16 are still on the loose and unaccounted for.  Baggage handlers are said to have …

A Southwest Airlines flight preparing to depart from Dallas Love Field airport in Texas on Friday night was struck by a bullet, the airline confirmed.   Flight 2494, bound for Indianapolis, was hit on the right side of the aircraft, just below the flight deck, moments before takeoff. The crew immediately returned the plane to the gate, and passengers safely …

A professional photographer d!ed in a h0rrible accident by backing up into an airplane propeller while snapping photos at a Kansas airfield. Amanda Gallagher, 37, was taking photos of people getting on and off planes Saturday afternoon, October 26, at the Air Capital Drop Zone in suburban Wichita when she accidentally backed into the active propeller, KAKE News reported. The keen skydiver was …

Vice President Kashim Shettima has aborted his trip to the 2024 Commonwealth Heads Of Government Summit in Samoa.   President Tinubu had delegated Shettima to represent the country at the ongoing event.   The trip was cancelled after a foreign object hit his plane during a stopover at JFK Airport in New York, the Presidency revealed in a statement Thursday …