Tag: AVIATION
41 killed as Russian plane catches fire on landing
Forty-one people were killed after a Russian plane
made an emergency landing and burst into flames at Sheremetyevo airport in
Moscow.
Videos on social media show passengers...
Nigerian passenger dies on Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to...
A Nigerian passenger travelling on Delta Air
Lines Flight DL54 from Atlanta, USA was on Monday afternoon found unresponsive
before landing at the Murtala Muhammed International...
Minister dies in helicopter crash
Nepal’s tourism minister, Rabindra Adhikari,
has died in a helicopter crash in the country’s mountainous region of Tehrathum
district on Wednesday.
Pratap Babu Tiwari, the spokesperson for
Civil...
Domestic airlines count losses over election postponement
Domestic airlines are counting losses over
the last minute postponement of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections
by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
INEC chairman, Prof....
Indonesian plane with 189 on board crashes into sea
An Indonesian passenger plane carrying 189 people, including one child and two infants, on Monday crashed into the sea close to the capital Jakarta,...
Overland aircraft catches fire at Lagos airport
A turboprop aircraft belonging to Overland Airways was on Friday severely damaged by fire while parked at the airline’s hanger at the General Aviation...
Strike: Unions shut down aviation agencies at Lagos airport
The organised labour on Thursday shut down offices of aviation agencies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos to press home their demands...
Nigeria Air not suspended for lack of investors – Sirika
The Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika has disclosed that the national carrier (Nigeria Air) project was not suspended because of lack of...
Nigeria Air: Foreign investors, international community won’t take Nigeria serious again...
Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has expressed shock over the sudden suspension of plans by the Federal Government to float a new...
Scam: Nigerians compare suspended Nigeria Air to MMM
Nigerians didn't hold back after national carrier, Nigeria Air, was suspended indefinitely.
The Federal Government, through the Minister of State Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika disclosed this...