Tag Archives: Aviation
Confusion hit hundreds of intending passengers at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, on Thursday after a mid-day fire erupted at a section of the building. The inferno, which caused a thick cloud of smoke to invade … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Airport terminal, Aviation, FAAN, General Manager, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Nigeria, Nigerian news, Transportation and Logistics
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I received with a very rude shock, the news of the lifting of the suspension of the operating license of the Dana airline by the federal government of Nigeria. I lost my wife Nancy Echendu Ibe, my 11 year old … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged airline, Aviation, Aviation accidents and incidents, Dana, Dana Air, Financial audit, God, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria
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As Nigerians are dropping dead from air crashes, the roads are claiming more daily due to badly built transportation networks, badly maintained and ill fitted transportation vehicles and motor cycles. They say when it rains, it pours. Nigeria is rained … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Aviation, Aviation accidents and incidents, Dana, Egypt, God, Guinea, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Nigeria
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President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday spared a thought for the nation’s aviation industry over Sunday’s air crash in Agege area of Lagos, saying the incident was a tragic one for the industry. The Nigeria’s President wiping a tear after he … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged Agege, Aviation, Babatunde Fashola, Dana, Dana Air, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Nigeria, Nigeria President wept, plane crash site
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Fourteen parachutists were injured during a mass jump at an airshow at the Waterkloof Air Force Base on Saturday, the SA National Defence Force said. “It was a freak accident and we don’t know what caused it,” spokesman Colonel Petrus … read more »
Posted in News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Accident, Air force, Airshow, Aviation, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Parachute Battalion, September, Southern Africa, United States, West Africa
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A strike over pay by Air Algerie cabin crew severely disrupted traffic at Algiers international airport Tuesday and left hundreds of passengers stranded in French airports. Algerian state radio quoted the airline’s chief, Mohamed Salah Boultif, as saying that the … read more »
Posted in Algeria, News, North Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, airline, Algeria, Algiers, All Africa, Arab League, Aviation, breaking news, East Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, List of airports in France, North Africa, Pan African News, Paris, Paris-Orly Airport, Southern Africa, West Africa
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February 14, 2011 by benim
BEIRUT: The pilot of the Ethiopian Airlines plane which crashed shortly after takeoff from Beirut in January last year received several cockpit warnings that disaster was imminent, according to an investigative report probing the disaster, made public over the weekend. … read more »
Posted in Documents, East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, Aviation, Beirut, Boeing, breaking news, Embassies and Consulates, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Lebanese Civil Aviation Authority, World news
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January 10, 2011 by benim
Iran has begun investigating a passenger plane crash in the north-west of the country that killed at least 77 people. The IranAir Boeing 727, carrying 105 passengers and crew, was traveling from Tehran to Orumiyeh, the capital of West Azerbaijan … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Afrika, al-Majidi, Aviation, Aviation accidents and incidents, Azerbaijan, bad weather, breaking news, Caspian Airlines Flight, Disaster Accident, disasters-news, Hamid Behbahani, Hassan Emami Razavi, IndepthAfrica, Iran, Iran Air, Iranian Air Force C-130 crash, News local news, newspapers, Orumiyeh, World news
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TEHRAN, Iran – An IranAir passenger jet crashed Sunday in the country’s northwest, breaking the aircraft into several pieces. Around half of the 95 people on board survived with light injuries, but heavy snow hampered rescue efforts, Iranian media reported. … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, Middle East
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Afrika, Aviation, Aviation accidents and incidents, breaking news, Breaking News : IranAir plane crashes with 156 on board, Disaster Accident, disasters-news, IndepthAfrica, Iran, Iran Air, IranAir, iranair plane, IranAir plane crash kills 156, IranAir plane crashes with 105 on board 50 survives, Iranian Air Force C-130 crash, News local news, newspapers, Tehran, World news
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November 22, 2010 by benim
Ethiopian Airlinestransported 87 percent of the total freights by African Airlines in 2009, African Airlines Association (AFRAA) annual report indicated. “…Out of five AFRAA member airlines, which transported a total of 44,225 tons of freight in 2009, Ethiopian Airlines accounted … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Africa news, Aviation, Boeing, Bole International Airport, EgyptAir, Ethiopian Airlines, IndepthAfrica, Kenya Airways, List of airlines of Africa, South African Airways
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November 19, 2010 by benim
Incident: Ethiopian B763 near Boston on Nov 17th 2010, medical emergency An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration ET-ALP from Rome Fiumicino (Italy) to Washington Dulles,DC (USA), was enroute at FL360 near Boston when a male passenger (64) became seriously ill. … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Africa news, Aviation, Boston, Disaster Accident, disasters-news, emergency landing, Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines Boeing, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Italy, medical emergency, Runway, South African Airways, United States, Washington, Washington Dulles, Washington Dulles International Airport
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November 5, 2010 by benim
A young Asian man who managed to board an Air Canada flight in Hong Kong while elaborately disguised as an elderly Caucasian male is seeking refugee status in Vancouver in what the Canada Border Services Agency is calling an “unbelievable … read more »
Posted in Canada, Odd News
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Tagged Air Canada, Air Canada Corporate Security, Aviation, boarding pass, China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong International Airport, odd-news, Peter Fitzpatrick, source:CNN, travel-news, Vancouver International Airport
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November 5, 2010 by benim
KARACHI, Pakistan – A small, private plane chartered to an oil company crashed near the airport in Pakistan’s largest city Friday after the pilot warned of engine trouble, killing all 22 people on board, officials said. The crash was the … read more »
Posted in Asia, Global Issues
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Tagged Accident, Airblue, Airbus A320 family, Asia, Aviation, Aviation accidents and incidents, Coney Island plane crash, Disaster Accident, disasters-news, geography, IndepthAfrica, ISLAMABAD, Karachi, National aviation authority, Noor Alam, Pakistan, plane crash, Political geography, Sindh
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November 4, 2010 by benim
A mid-air emergency on an Airbus superjumbo is the third time an A380 powered by a Rolls-Royce engine has encountered problems during a flight. Qantas, the Australian airline, grounded its entire fleet of A380 Airbuses after an aircraft carrying more … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Airbus, airbus a380, aircraft, Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, Australia, Aviation, Disaster Accident, disasters-news, Engine Alliance, Engine Alliance GP7000, Environment, IndepthAfrica, Indonesia, Jakarta, jet aircraft, Nancy Bird Walton, Qantas, Qantas A380 Airbus, Rolls-Royce Trent, Singapore, Superjumbo, The Emirates Group, travel-news, Wide-body aircraft
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November 2, 2010 by benim
Two people were killed when their helicopter crashed and burst into flames in the backyard of a home in the Rooival area, north of Wonderboom in Pretoria on Tuesday. Tshwane Fire Brigade spokesman Johan Pieterse said the owners of the … read more »
Posted in News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa news, Ambulance, Aviation, Government, Helicopter, Indepth Africa, Pretoria, Recreation, South Africa, Technology
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October 31, 2010 by benim
Eleven people were injured when they were evacuated from a 1Time aircraft that aborted take-off on Sunday, Airports Company SA said. Spokeswoman Unathi Batyashe-Fillis said the aircraft, which was destined for Cape Town from OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa news, aircraft, Airports, Aviation, Business, Cape Town, Indepth Africa, Johannesburg, OR Tambo International Airport, Transportation and Logistics
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