A South African was among the 11 people killed when a cargo plane they were travelling in caught fire and crashed into Lake Victoria on Monday.
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/ 26 February 2009
Dozens of investigators worked overnight probing the wreckage of the Turkish Airways jet that crashed at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.
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/ 14 January 2009
Two golden labradors sporting uniforms and leather shoes launched China’s first drug-sniffing dog patrol on flights to Beijing this week.
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/ 29 September 2008
Two planes were forced to circle over a Greek island awaiting permission to land on Monday after an air-traffic controller overslept.
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/ 18 September 2008
The Spanair MD-82 jetliner that crashed in Madrid on August 20 was started by the co-pilot, press reports said on Thursday.
Passengers from a hijacked Sudanese jet returned home to families on Thursday, having feared they would die at the hands of the gunmen.
Hijackers of a Sudanese airliner surrendered to authorities in Libya after releasing all the passengers on Wednesday, Libya’s aviation authority said.
A Spanish tourist jet carrying more than 160 people skidded off a Madrid airport runway and broke up in flames on Wednesday.
The state-owned airline has received R20-billion in bail-outs in the past five years, reports Lynley Donnelly.
Persian Gulf countries have announced deals worth $15-billion for the latest fuel-efficient aircraft and other planes made by Boeing and Airbus.
An Air India flight headed for Mumbai overshot its destination and was halfway to Goa before its dozing pilots were woken out of a deep slumber.
Sudan has granted its national carrier a last-minute reprieve from suspension, giving it two weeks to comply with airline regulations.
A Sudanese airliner coming from Amman and Damascus burst into flames after landing in Khartoum on Tuesday night, killing at least 33.
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.