Tag: crash
Nigerian air force passenger plane crash kills seven people
A small Nigerian air force passenger plane crashed just outside Abuja airport after reporting engine failure on Sunday, killing all seven people on board,...
Crashed Pakistan plane hit runway three times on first approach –...
The captain of a Pakistani airliner that crashed last week, killing 97 people on board, approached Karachi airport without announcing he couldn’t open his...
Faulty sensor reading ahead of Boeing crash – report
A faulty sensor reading and activation of an anti-stall system on a Boeing 737 MAX preceded the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight in...
Boeing at fault in Ethiopian 737 MAX crash – report
A draft interim report by Ethiopian crash investigators circulated to US government agencies concludes the March 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 MAX was...
Military aircraft crashes in Darfur
A military transport aircraft crashed after taking off from an airport in Sudan’s West Darfur, killing 18 people on board, according to the military....
One killed as Cameroon military helicopter crashes in restive North West...
A light helicopter belonging to Cameroon’s military crashed on 13 May in the restive North West region, killing at least one official.
The helicopter, which...
Anti-stall system was activated in Ethiopian 737 MAX crash – investigators
Investigators in the Boeing 737 MAX crash in Ethiopia reached a preliminary conclusion that an anti-stall system was activated before the aircraft hit the...
Ethiopia crash black box data review starts
France’s air safety agency began studying data from the black boxes of a Boeing 737 MAX plane that crashed in Ethiopia, as regulators the...
Ethiopian Airlines flight crashes, killing 157 aboard Boeing 737
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet to Nairobi crashed early on Sunday, killing 149 passengers and eight crew, the airline said, the same...
Algerian military aircraft crashes
An Algerian military aircraft crashed while a training flight, killing two people, the defence ministry said.
The Russian SU 24 aircraft crashed on Wednesday in...
Fatalities on commercial passenger aircraft rise in 2018
The fatality rate on passenger jet aircraft worldwide jumped in 2018 after airlines recorded zero accident deaths on passenger jets in the prior year,...
Mechanical failure caused fatal Mali helicopter crash
The fatal crash of a German armed forces helicopter in Mali last year was caused by the failure of mechanics from manufacturer Airbus to...
At least 7 officials killed in Sudan helicopter crash
At least seven local government officials were killed in a helicopter crash in Sudan's eastern al-Qadarif state on Sunday, state news agency SUNA reported.
The...
MiG crashes in Egypt
A Russian-made MiG-29 fighter plane crashed during a training flight in Egypt Russia's state-controlled United Aircraft Corporation was quoted by RIA news...
Drop charges against senior Rwandan officials – French prosecutor
A French prosecutor recommended dropping charges against eight senior Rwandan officials, including the defence minister, being investigated over the death of President...
Sierra Leone military truck crash leaves 13 dead
Thirteen people were killed and at least 30 injured when a military transport truck flipped over on a major road in the...
Air rehearsal accident claims Nigerian pilot’s life
A Nigerian military pilot died after an accident while rehearsing for an air display, an air force spokesman said.
He said two...
Rail firm convicted over 2016 train crash
Cameroonian rail operator Camrail and eleven other defendants were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in connection with a train derailment that killed...
South Sudan plane crash claims at least 19 lives
At least 19 people died in South Sudan when a small aircraft carrying passengers from Juba to Yirol crashed, an official said....
Military helicopter crashes in Ethiopia
A military helicopter crashed in Ethiopia's Oromiya region on and all 18 aboard, including 15 soldiers, were killed state-affiliated news agency Fana...
Botswana Defence Force lost an aircraft a year to crashes
The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Air Wing has lost nine aircraft and six personnel to air crashes over the past 10 years,...
French military helicopter crashes in Ivory Coast
A French military helicopter crashed in Ivory Coast while on a training mission, killing the pilot and seriously wounding a second crew...
Fire likely cause of 2016 EgyptAir crash
The 2016 crash of a Paris-Cairo EgyptAir flight that killed all 66 people on board was likely caused by a cockpit fire,...
KZN accident kills four SANDF members
Four members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) were killed in a crash on the N3 northbound in KwaZulu-Natal, at...
Ten people killed as domestic flight crashes in Kenya
Eight passengers and two pilots were killed when a scheduled domestic flight to Kenya's capital Nairobi crashed into a mountain late on...
Wreckage of missing Kenya aircraft found
The wreckage of a small passenger plane which went missing flying to Nairobi has been found, a senior government official said.
The Cessna...
CF-5 fighter crashes in Botswana
One of the Botswana Defence Force Air Wing's CF-5 fighter jets has crashed, killing the pilot.
The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) said the...
Three dead after transport plane crashes at Libya oilfield
A Libyan transport plane crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday at an airfield near El Sharara oilfield, killing three people, the National...
One dead in SANDF bus crash
An infantry soldier died and 14 others were injured when a bus was involved in a road crash in Mpumalanga on Tuesday.
This...
Two dead in Tunisian aircraft crash
Two military personnel were killed in a military plane crash adjacent to the air base in Tunisia's Sfax state, Tunisia's state TAP...
More than 250 dead in Algerian military plane crash
More than 250 people were killed when a military plane crashed in a field outside Algeria's capital on Wednesday, state media said,...
Eight killed in Senegal military helicopter crash
A military helicopter crashed in south-west Senegal, killing eight people and injuring 13 others, the army said.
Senegalese army spokesperson Abdou Ndiaye told...
External attack ruled out in German Tiger crash
German officials investigating the fatal crash of a military Airbus Tiger helicopter in Mali ruled out external attack or weather factors and...
Tiger crash in Mali explained
The crash of a German military Airbus Tiger helicopter in Mali last July was caused by incorrect settings on the autopilot, Germany's...
Migrant truck crashes in Libya, 19 dead
A truck packed with African migrants crashed near the Libyan town Bani Walid, leaving at least 19 dead and nearly 80 injured,...
French military charter plane crashes
Four Moldovan citizens were killed and two others injured when a cargo plane chartered by the French military crashed into the sea...
Twelve dead in DR Congo military plane crash
A military cargo plane crashed in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa killing 12 crew members, the defence minister said.
"I confirm...
CSIR upgrades crash test dummies
The CSIR's capability to test performance of military vehicles when detonating a landmine has been significantly enhanced by updating of the organisation's...
No trace of explosives on EgyptAir victims – report
French investigators found no traces of explosives on the bodies of French victims of EgyptAir flight MS 804 that crashed into the...
East Libyan fighter jet crashes outside Tobruk
A fighter jet belonging to east Libyan forces crashed in a residential area south of the city of Tobruk, killing the pilot...
Drakensberg C-47TP crash investigation completed and reviewed
The investigation in the crash that claimed the lives of 11 SA Air Force (SAAF) members and the loss of C47TP (tail...
Fatal aviation accidents rise in 2016 according to IATA report
The number of air accidents declined further in 2016, but more of them resulted in fatalities than in the previous year, the...
Cameroon general dies in helicopter crash
A top general in charge of Cameroon's fight against Islamist militant group Boko Haram died in an accidental helicopter crash on a...
Questions still being asked around SAAF 2012 Drakensberg crash
It's more than four years since a South African Air Force (SAAF) C-47TP crashed in the Drakensberg, killing all 11 aboard. The...
Russia does not rule out ‘terrorist act’ in Black Sea jet...
Russian authorities investigating the crash of a military plane that killed 92 people said there was no explosion on board but they...
SAAF A109 down in Free State – no deaths
An SA Air Force (SAAF) Agusta A109 light utility helicopter has crashed in the Free State while on a night training flight.
The...
Australian MH370 report says plane in “increasing rate of descent” when...
A new report into missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 says additional analysis of satellite communications from the aircraft was consistent with it being...
Cameroon to probe rail crash that killed at least 75
Cameroon's President Paul Biya pledged to investigate the causes of a rail crash that killed at least 75 people, as rescue workers...
Six killed in east Libya military helicopter crash
Six people were killed when a military helicopter operated by armed forces loyal to Libya's eastern government crashed late on Monday, a...
TNT traces on EgyptAir plane debris – Le Figaro
Investigators from France's institute for criminal research found traces of the explosive material TNT last week in Cairo on debris from an...
