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Air Disasters

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/ 29 October 2008

Two dead in plane crash near Hekpoort

Two men were killed on Wednesday when their two-seater aircraft crashed near Hekpoort, north-west of Krugersdorp, Gauteng police said.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 24 October 2008

Two killed in Vereeniging air crash

Two people were killed when their light aircraft crashed near Poortjie in Orange Farm on Friday morning, police said.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 21 October 2008

Six killed in Germiston plane crash

Six people were killed when an aircraft crashed near Germiston shortly after taking off from the Rand Airport, east of Johannesburg, on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 8 October 2008

Everest plane crash kills 18 in Nepal

A passenger plane crashed on landing at a remote airfield in Nepal’s Everest region Wednesday, killing 18 people most of whom were German tourists.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 7 October 2008

Dozens injured in Qantas mid-air jet incident

Up to 40 passengers and crew were injured when a Qantas jetliner suddenly changed altitude on Tuesday, the airline said.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 6 October 2008

Call for Samora Machel crash probe to be reopened

The investigation into the plane crash of Samora Machel should be re-opened, says former apartheid-era foreign affairs minister Pik Botha.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 6 October 2008

Nine dead in Barberton plane crash

Nine people, including four children, have been confirmed killed in a light aircraft crash in Barberton, Mpumalanga police said on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 22 September 2008

South Africans killed as plane ‘runs out of fuel’

A group of South Africans who were killed in a plane crash in the Mozambican city of Beira were in the country to identify business opportunities.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 September 2008

Madrid air disaster traced back to co-pilot

The Spanair MD-82 jetliner that crashed in Madrid on August 20 was started by the co-pilot, press reports said on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 17 September 2008

Passengers force airline to switch jets

Airline passengers in Germany forced their plane to be grounded by petitioning the pilot after two aborted take-off attempts.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 14 September 2008

Russian Aeroflot plane crashes, 88 people killed

A Russian Boeing 737-500 airliner crashed near the Ural mountains on Sunday, killing all 88 people on board, officials said.

By Christian Lowe
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/ 4 September 2008

Govt assists with return of SA pilot’s remains from DRC

SA consular officials are trying to verify the identity of a 23-year-old pilot killed in the DRC, with a view to returning his remains to SA.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 September 2008

Missing humanitarian plane found crashed in DRC

A humanitarian plane carrying 17 passengers and crew that was reported missing in eastern DRC has crashed into a mountain, a UN official said.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 24 August 2008

Kyrgyz passenger plane crashes, about 70 dead

About 70 people died on Sunday when a Kyrgyz airliner crashed outside Bishkek, capital of the tiny former Soviet Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan.

By Olga Dzyubenko
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/ 21 August 2008

World saddened by Spain air disaster

Messages of support and sympathy flooded into Spain after the country’s worst air accident in decades killed 153 people on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 20 August 2008

Dozens dead as jet crashes at Madrid airport

A Spanish tourist jet carrying more than 160 people skidded off a Madrid airport runway and broke up in flames on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 25 July 2008

Qantas jet makes emergency landing in Manila

A Qantas flight en route to Australia made an emergency stop in Manila on Friday, and authorities discovered a big hole in its fuselage.

By Oliver Teves
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Africa
/ 11 June 2008

At least 33 killed in Sudanese airliner blaze

A Sudanese airliner coming from Amman and Damascus burst into flames after landing in Khartoum on Tuesday night, killing at least 33.

By Andrew Heavens Guest
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Africa
/ 11 June 2008

At least 28 killed in Sudanese airliner blaze

A Sudanese airliner burst into flames after landing in Khartoum overnight in bad weather, killing at least 28 of the 217 people on board, officials said on Wednesday.

By Andrew Heavens Guest
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