A Boeing 737-700 carrying the running mate of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump skidded off a wet runway after landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York late on 27 October. The Eastern Airlines-operated charter flight came to a stop on the grass beyond the runway, according to local reports. Immediately …
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Ah! Another Plane fire?… FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A FedEx cargo plane caught fire on the runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Friday. According to the FAA, the landing gear on FedEx 910, a DC-10 aircraft, collapsed as it was on the runway shortly after landing. The plane was flying …
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Captain Olumide Lawal of The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority resigns from the NCAA, now Regional Technical Coordinator for Operations and Licensing for BAGASOO. BAGASOO is the Banjul Accord group Aviation Safety Oversight Organization. On 29 January 2004 seven West African States namely Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Cape Verde and …
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Aviation Development Company Airlines (ADC) Flight 53 was a scheduled passenger flight operated by ADC Airlines that crashed on 29 October 2006 shortly after take-off from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria, at 11:30 am local time. Immediately after takeoff from Abuja, the Boeing 737 contacted the ground, broke up and …
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CHICAGO — Officials said 20 people sustained minor injuries when a plane caught fire at O’Hare International Airport Friday afternoon. District Chief of EMS for O’Hare Juan Hernandez said 20 people had been transported to local hospitals with minor injuries including bruising, scrapes and ankle injuries sustained in the evacuation …
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The Federal Government has appealed to foreign airlines operating in Nigeria, which are in the process of downgrading or suspending their operations in the country, to reconsider their decisions. The foreign carriers had on several occasions decried their inability to repatriate earnings to their home countries as a result of …
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Information reaching mamajsavaitionblog this evening indicates that there was another fire incident at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport today. This is one too many Fire outbreaks in recent times and is quite Worrisome. What is happening? This trend needs to be checked!
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A 38-year-old pilot was arrested in South Dakota on Wednesday morning under suspicion of operating a flight under the influence of alcohol, local police say. Russel Duszak was taken into custody after TSA officers smelled alcohol on him and called local law enforcement, a Rapid City Police Department spokesperson told …
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The Federal Government penultimate week took a far reaching step to sanitise the aviation industry, particularly the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) where over 22 Directors, General Managers, Deputy General Managers and others who were said to have been sneaked into the agencies by a former Minister of Aviation, …
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Firm gets IOSA certificate Two African countries – Guinea-Bissau and Mali – have extended invitation to Med-View airlines to assume the status of their national carrier.The invitation, The Guardian learnt, is not unconnected with the airlines’ giant strides in domestic and international operations. In a related development, the International …
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