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Six killed in Nepal tourist helicopter crash
Published on 11/07/2023
» KATHMANDU: All six people aboard a tourist helicopter in Nepal were killed when it crashed soon after take-off in the Everest region on Tuesday, aviation authorities said.
Runway closed at Tokyo airport after plane contact
Published on 10/06/2023
» TOKYO: Some flights were delayed at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Saturday after two planes appeared to have collided on the ground near a taxiway, the public broadcaster NHK reported, citing Japan’s transport ministry.
At least 67 killed in Nepal plane crash
Published on 15/01/2023
» At least 67 people were confirmed dead Sunday when a plane with 72 on board crashed in Nepal, police said, in the Himalayan country's deadliest aviation disaster in three decades.
Nepal plane crash kills at least 40
Published on 15/01/2023
» An aircraft with 72 people on board crashed in Nepal on Sunday, Yeti Airlines and a local official said. At least 40 were killed, a Nepal aviation authority said.
'Serpent' Sobhraj headed back to France
Published on 23/12/2022
» KATHMANDU: French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s in Thailand and across Asia, was heading to France on Friday after being freed following almost 20 years in a Nepali prison.
Bodies pulled from wreckage of Nepal plane
Published on 30/05/2022
» Nepali rescuers have retrieved the bodies of all but one of 22 people on board a plane that crashed into a Himalayan mountainside over the weekend, the army said Monday.
Nepal flight missing with 22 on board
Published on 29/05/2022
» A passenger plane with 22 people on board went missing in Nepal on Sunday, the operating airline and officials said, as poor weather hampered a search operation.
Asia tourism reopens with big-spending Chinese stuck at home
Reuters, Published on 04/11/2021
» Asia's gradual easing of international travel curbs is proving a welcome relief for the region's hard-hit tourism operators slowly opening up to visitors from around the world - with one giant exception.
Vietnam identifies new Covid strain
Published on 29/05/2021
» Vietnam has discovered a new Covid-19 variant that spreads quickly by air and is a combination of the Indian and British strains, state media reported on Saturday.
Former Garuda CEO gets jail for Rolls graft
Published on 08/05/2020
» JAKARTA: An Indonesian court on Friday jailed a former chief executive of Garuda Indonesia for bribery and money laundering related to procurement of planes and engines from Airbus and Rolls-Royce, his lawyer said.