Airliner crashes in Kazakhstan – CBS News Watch CBS News A passenger plane crashed this morning in Kazakhstan after a bird strike caused an emergency. Dramatic video shows the plane plummeting before bursting into flames, but authorities say more than 30 of the 67 people on board survived. Be the first to know Get browser … Read more
US Navy flight crew safe after plane shot down in friendly fire incident – CBS News Watch CBS News A US Navy aircraft was shot down by a US Navy ship during friendly fire over the Red Sea on Sunday. The crew of 2 is safe after ejecting from their plane. CBS News’ Imtiaz Tyab … Read more
Malaysia announced on Friday that it had agreed to launch a new search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370who disappeared 10 years ago in one of aviation’s greatest mysteries. The Boeing 777 carrying 239 people disappeared on radar screens on March 8, 2014 while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Despite the largest search in … Read more
Representative image of Pakistani passengers boarding an aircraft. — APPLICATION/File A plane carrying 318 Pakistanis leaves for Islamabad. Ahsan Iqbal will receive passengers at Islamabad airport. Prime Minister Shehbaz speaks to Lebanese Prime Minister for evacuation. ISLAMABAD: A special chartered plane carrying 318 Pakistanis, stranded in Syria due to the developing situation and later reaching … Read more
Japanese officials said Wednesday they are closely monitoring whether China keeps its promise to prevent further violations of Japanese airspace after explaining that a incursion of a Chinese military plane almost three months ago, was unintentional and caused by turbulence. Tokyo protested and demanded an explanation from Beijing after a Chinese Y-9 reconnaissance plane briefly … Read more
British planes were dispatched to monitor a Russian reconnaissance plane flying near British airspace, the defense minister said in London on Friday, just days later. NATO planes have been mobilized when Russian planes were spotted over the Baltic Sea and off the Norwegian coast. Two Typhoons from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland tracked the Russian Bear-F … Read more
Italy and Norway quickly mobilized jets after Russian planes were spotted over the Baltic Sea and along the Norwegian coast on Tuesday. The Italian Air Force intercepted a Russian Coot-A aircraft over the Baltic Sea, according to NATO’s Allied Air Command. said in a post on social media. Norwegian Air Force F-35s have identified several … Read more