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Jan
17
2023
By The African Mirror
A pilot couple killed in air crashes in Nepal – 16 years apart

A pilot couple killed in air crashes in Nepal – 16 years apart

WORLD
GOPAL SHARMA IN 2010, Anju Khatiwada joined Nepal's Yeti Airlines, following in the footsteps of her husband, a pilot who had died in a crash four years earlier when a small passenger plane he was flying for the domestic carrier went down minutes before landing. On Sunday, Khatiwada, 44, was the co-pilot on a Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu that crashed as it approached the city of Pokhara, killing at least 68 people in the Himalayan nation's deadliest plane accident in three decades. No survivors have been found so far among the 72 people on board. "Her husband, Dipak Pokhrel, died in…
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Nov
07
2022
By The African Mirror
Passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania, 19 dead

Passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania, 19 dead

NEWS
NUZULACK DAUSEN AT least 19 people died when a passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania while trying to land at a nearby airport, the prime minister and airline said. Flight PW494, operated by Precision Air, hit the water during storms and heavy rain, the state Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) reported. Rescuers in boats rushed to the wreckage, which was almost fully submerged, to pull out trapped passengers, local authorities said. "All Tanzanians join you in mourning these 19 people ... who have lost their lives," Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa told reporters in the lakeside city of Bukoba, close…
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Jul
19
2022
By The African Mirror
30 survive Somalia plane crash

30 survive Somalia plane crash

NEWS
A passenger plane crash-landed at an airport in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, with no deaths reported and all those on board - more than 30 passengers - rescued. Video from the scene showed the plane upside down after having apparently flipped over on landing. Black smoke and flames rose into the air as fire trucks approached the runway and firefighters started hosing down the crashed plane. https://youtu.be/79mmcnb5Fvg Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Feb
22
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigerian air force passenger plane crash kills 7 people

Nigerian air force passenger plane crash kills 7 people

NEWS
ABRAHAM ACHIRGA A small Nigerian air force passenger plane crashed just outside Abuja airport after reporting engine failure on Sunday, killing all seven people on board, the air force said. The plane, a Beechcraft King Air 350i, was on its way to the city of Minna, 110 kilometres (68 miles) northwest of the capital, said air force spokesman Ibikunle Daramole in a statement. The aircraft "crashed while returning to the Abuja Airport after reporting engine failure," said Daramole. "First responders are at the scene. Sadly, all 7 personnel on board died in the crash." The chief of the air force…
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