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Pilot of Elite Russian Aerobatic Squadron Killed in Crash
A pilot of the Russian air force's elite aerobatic squadron died Thursday when his fighter jet crashed near Moscow. The Russian Defense Ministry said the Su-27 fighter jet went down while returning from a training mission. It said, according to preliminary information, the crash had been caused by a technical malfunction,...
MH17 crash: Prosecutors increase pressure on Russia
Prosecutors have sought to put pressure on Russia to provide information about the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in July 2014. They said they wanted information about the Buk missile that shot down the airliner, killing 298 people on board. The criminal inquiry was at "a very advanced...
EgyptAir crash: Black box signal detected by search teams
Signals have been detected from one of the black boxes of the EgyptAir plane that crashed last month, French investigators have confirmed. They were picked up by the French vessel Laplace as it was searching the Mediterranean Sea. There were 66 people on board when the Airbus A320 crashed on 19 May while flying from Paris to...
TORIES CLASH OVER EU: Don’t believe Osborne’s Pinocchio lies on housing crash, says IDS
IAIN Duncan Smith has launched a scathing attack on George Osborne, likening the Chancellor to Pinocchio over his warnings that house prices would take a hit if Britain leaves the EU. Mr Osborne said a report on the short-term impact of Brexit, due for publication next week, will forecast people's homes will lose between 10...
EgyptAir: ‘Smoke detected’ inside cabin before crash
There were smoke alerts inside the cabin of the EgyptAir passenger plane before it crashed in the Mediterranean on Thursday, reports say. Smoke was detected in the toilet and the aircraft's electrics, just minutes before the signal was lost, according to data published on air industry website the Aviation Herald. However,...
EgyptAir crash: Plane ‘made sharp turns before plunge’
An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo made two sharp turns before plunging into the Mediterranean Sea, Greece's defence minister says. Panos Kammenos said the Airbus A320 had "turned 90 degrees left and then a 360-degree turn to the right". It then dropped more than 25,000ft (7,620m) before disappearing from...
Casino coach crash near Laredo, Texas, kills eight
Eight people were killed and 44 others injured when a coach carrying people to a casino crashed in the US state of Texas. Police say the driver lost control and the bus rolled over on Highway 83 about 46 miles (74km) north of Laredo. No other vehicle was involved. Seven people died at the scene and one other died later in...
‘Idol’ 2003 finalist Rickey Smith killed in car crash in Oklahoma
Rickey Smith, a Top 10 finalist from Season 2 of American Idol, was killed early Friday on a highway in Oklahoma City when his car was struck by a wrong-way driver. He was 36. Smith was eastbound on Interstate 240 south of the city shortly after 3 a.m., when his Honda Accord was hit head-on by a pickup truck that was westbound...
Two men killed in Yorkshire plane crash named as trainee RAF pilots
TWO pilots who died when their light aircraft crashed to the ground in North Yorkshire on Saturday have been named as trainee RAF pilots. Police tonight revealed the tragic students were Cameron James Forster, 21, from Sussex, and Ajvir Singh Sandhu, 25, from Essex. North Yorkshire Police identified the pair two days after they...
Norway helicopter crash: 11 killed near Bergen
Eleven people have been found dead and two are missing after a helicopter crashed west of the Norwegian city of Bergen carrying 13, rescuers say. Eleven of those on board were Norwegian, one was British and one Italian. Photos from the scene show thick smoke coming from an area of rocky islets. The helicopter was "totally...
Tragedy as young mum shopping with baby girl is killed in horror lorry crash
A MOTHER and her baby girl were mown down by a lorry just yards from a supermarket, killing the mother and causing head injuries to the baby, who this afternoon is in hospital receiving treatment. It’s believed the mum had been pushing the baby in a stroller when the lorry collided into the pair, crushing the woman and...
Experts: Safety protocols should have prevented Amtrak crash deaths
Joe Carter was known as the railroad engineer who could thread a needle with a backhoe. He was on his machine last Sunday morning when a southbound Amtrak train barreled down the track at 106 mph near Chester, Pa., and caught Carter and his colleague Peter Adamovich in an area they likely thought had been shut down by...