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Engine accelerated after landing, a probe into deadly Hong Kong plane crash finds

Hong Kong AP — An investigation into a deadly cargo plane crash in Hong Kong last month found an engine of the aircraft accelerated after touching down, according to a preliminary report released on Tuesday. The Boeing 747, flown by Turkey-based ACT Airlines from Dubai, skidded after landing on October 20 and collided with a …

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Egypt Independent November 20, 2025

RAF plane seen over Doha during Israeli attack part of annual UK-Qatar exercise

RAF plane seen over Doha during Israeli attack part of annual UK-Qatar exercise Submitted by Dania Akkad on Wed, 09/10/2025

Middle East Eye September 10, 2025

Plane carrying EU’s top leader targeted by alleged Russian GPS jamming

A plane carrying the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was targeted by GPS navigation jamming while trying to land in Bulgaria on Sunday, a spokesperson for the commission told CNN. The commission received “information from Bulgarian authorities that they suspect this blatant interference was carried out by Russia,” the spokesperson said. The plane …

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Egypt Independent September 1, 2025

Exclusive: UK won’t say if spy planes captured footage of Israeli attacks on UK charity workers

Exclusive: UK won’t say if spy planes captured footage of Israeli attacks on UK charity workers The British government faces

Middle East Eye August 8, 2025

Distraught students demand answers after plane crash turned Bangladesh school into ‘death trap’

Dhaka, Bangladesh CNN — Hundreds of students gathered outside the smoldering remains of a school in the Bangladeshi capital on Tuesday to demand answers after a military jet slammed into the campus, killing dozens of children. An ordinary school day turned into terror on Monday when a Bangladesh Air Force jet suffered a mid-air mechanical …

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Egypt Independent July 22, 2025

Saudi plane makes emergency landing in Cairo after cabin manager dies mid-flight

Cairo International Airport witnessed an emergency landing Thursday by a Saudia, formerly known as Saudi Arabian Airlines, flight en route from Jeddah to London. The diversion occurred after the cabin manager suffered a sudden heart attack, which tragically led to his death during the flight. According to aviation and security sources, Cairo Airport’s air traffic …

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Egypt Independent June 28, 2025

At least one dead after small plane crashes in upstate new York

COPAKE, N.Y. — A twin-engine plane with six people on board crashed Saturday in a muddy field in upstate New

NPR NEWS April 14, 2025

If it feels like there are suddenly way more plane crashes and incidents, here’s the truth

CNN — The crash landing of Delta Air Lines flight 4819 in Toronto is some of the scariest video I’ve ever seen. While thankfully there were no fatalities, videos like that are the stuff that nightmares are made of. Monday’s crash landing doesn’t feel like an isolated incident, especially after last month’s collision of an …

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Egypt Independent February 20, 2025