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Travel worries ease as Airbus delivers quick software fix
AFP, Published on 29/11/2025
» PARIS - Fears of days of travel chaos across the world eased on Saturday after the plane manufacturer Airbus intervened rapidly to deliver a software upgrade it had said was immediately needed on 6,000 of its stalwart A320 passenger jets.
South Korea inspects B737-800 fleet after worst plane crash
AFP, Published on 30/12/2024
» MUAN, South Korea - South Korea ordered on Monday a "comprehensive inspection" of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country's carriers, after a Jeju Air plane crash-landed and burst into flames, killing 179 people on board.
Explosives plant blast kills 11 in Turkey
AFP, Published on 24/12/2024
» ISTANBUL - A powerful blast ripped through an explosives plant in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday, killing 11 people and injuring seven others, officials said, downgrading their original toll.
Mathews brands Shakib 'disgraceful' for 'stooping so low'
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» NEW DELHI - Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews branded Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan as "disgraceful" after he became the first player in 146 years of international cricket to be given "timed out" in a bitter World Cup clash.
Firefighting plane pilots die in Greece crash as wildfires rage
AFP, Published on 25/07/2023
» RHODES (GREECE) - Two pilots died when their water-bombing plane crashed while battling a blaze on the Greek island of Evia on Tuesday, as wildfires flared across the Mediterranean.
French court to deliver verdict in trial over 2009 Rio-Paris crash
AFP, Published on 17/04/2023
» PARIS - A Paris court will on Monday hand down its verdict in the trial of Air France and plane manufacturer Airbus over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight, with families of the victims hoping judges will ignore the recommendation of prosecutors not to seek a conviction.
Cable sabotage cuts all traffic from key Paris station
AFP, Published on 24/01/2023
» PARIS: One of the busiest train stations in Paris suffered a total traffic shutdown on Tuesday after vandals triggered a major signal malfunction by setting cables on fire.
Nepali hospitals return bodies from air crash to grieving families
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» POKHARA (NEPAL) - Nepali hospital staff began the grim task of handing over bodies to grieving families on Tuesday after a plane with 72 people on board crashed, the country's worst aviation disaster in three decades.
No convictions sought in French court over 2009 Rio-Paris crash
AFP, Published on 08/12/2022
» PARIS - French prosecutors said Wednesday it was "impossible" to convict Air France and plane maker Airbus over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight, enraging victims' families after an eight-week trial.
Russian military jet crashes in south west, at least two dead
AFP, Published on 18/10/2022
» MOSCOW: A Russian military plane crashed on Monday into a residential area of Yeysk, a town in southwestern Russia near the border with Ukraine, news agencies reported, citing the defence ministry, with at least two deaths reported.