Libyan plane shot as it lands at TripoliA Libyan passenger plane with some 150 passengers on board was shot at as it prepared to land at Tripoli airport on Wednesday evening but sustained no major damage, airline sources said. The Buraq Air Boeing 737 was a few kms from More… |
Etihad leases plane from India's JetIndia's Jet Airways has leased a wide body aircraft along with 60 of its cabin crew to Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, according to a report. The wet lease comes even as the two airlines con More… |
Two killed as plane lands in Myanmar rice fieldTwo people were killed and 10 wounded in northeast Myanmar on Tuesday when a passenger plane missed an airport runway in heavy fog and landed in a rice paddy, state television said. The pilot of More… |
Emirates A380 returns to Sydney after engine fireAn A380 Emirates jet bound for Dubai was forced to return to Australia on Sunday night when one of its engines caught fire soon after take-off. The flight, with 380 passengers on board, was just More… |
RJ plane encounters turbulence; 7 hurtA Royal Jordanian aircraft was hit by turbulence yesterday over the British skies en route from New York’s JFK international Airport to Amman. Seven passengers were slightly injured, More… |
Turkey searches Armenian plane en route to SyriaTurkey ordered an Armenian plane flying to the Syrian city of Aleppo to land on Monday and authorities were searching its cargo, as Ankara steps up efforts to prevent its air space being used to supply the Syrian military. More… |
Plane carried Russian arms says Tukey PMTurkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday a Syrian passenger plane forced to land in Ankara was carrying Russian-made munitions destined for Syria's defence ministry. Turkish au More… |
No arms on Syrian plane say Russian sourcesA Syrian plane detained by Turkey en route from Moscow to Damascus because of suspicions it was carrying military equipment was carrying no Russian weapons, a source in a Russian arms exporting agency told Interfax on Thursday. More… |
Turkey detains Syrian passenger planeTurkey scrambled fighters and briefly detained a Syrian passenger plane on Wednesday, suspecting it of carrying military equipment from Moscow, while Turkey's military chief warned of a more forceful response if shelling co More… |
Syrian helicopter hits plane; passengers safeA Syrian military helicopter that crashed near the capital Damascus on Thursday hit the tail of a passenger plane but the 200 people on board escaped unharmed, Syria's information ministry said. More… |








