Posts Tagged ‘people-on-board’

Oil Rig Sinks in Storm Off Russia; 49 Missing

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

An oil drilling rig that was being towed in a storm sank Sunday off the coast of Sakhalin Island with 67 people on board, most of whom are still missing.

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Tourist Flight Crashes in Nepal, Killing 19 Aboard

Sunday, September 25th, 2011

A plane carrying tourists to view Mount Everest crashed while attempting to land in Nepal on Sunday, killing all 19 people on board, including 13 foreigners, officials said.

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Nepal tourists die in plane crash

Sunday, September 25th, 2011

A small plane crashes near the Nepali capital Kathmandu killing all 19 people on board, mostly foreign tourists, officials say.

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Plane crash in Argentina kills 22

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

A small plane crashes in southern Argentina, killing all 22 people on board, officials say.

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Investigators find black box from 2009 crash of Air France flight from Rio to Paris

Sunday, May 1st, 2011

PARIS — Investigators have located and recovered the missing memory unit of the flight data recorder of a 2009 Air France flight — a remarkable deep-sea discovery they hope will explain why the aircraft went down in a remote area of the mid-Atlantic, killing all 228 people on board.

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Investigators find black box from 2009 crash of Air France flight from Rio to Paris

Officials say 2 dead in fighter jet crash near Central California air base

Thursday, April 7th, 2011

LEMOORE, Calif. — A fighter jet crashed into a field near a Central California air base on Wednesday, killing the two people on board, officials said.

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Wreckage of 2009 Crash Found in Atlantic

Monday, April 4th, 2011

French investigators have found pieces of the Air France jetliner that mysteriously crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009, killing all 228 people on board. Officials declined to say which parts of the plane were recovered or whether they will…

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Cargo vessel stranded off coast

Sunday, March 20th, 2011

A 295ft (90m) cargo vessel with nine people on board goes aground off the coast of the Isle of Wight.

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Scores killed in Iran plane crash

Monday, January 10th, 2011

An Iranian passenger plane with more than 100 people on board crashes in the country’s north-west, killing 77, Iranian media report.

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Egypt Bus Crash Kills 8 American Tourists

Sunday, December 26th, 2010

A bus carrying American tourists to the popular tourist site of Aswan, Egypt crashed Sunday killing eight people on board. Twenty-one others were injured, including 19 American tourists and the Egyptian tour guide and driver. Three tourist buses were…

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Cargo plane from Karachi crashes

Saturday, November 27th, 2010

A Russian-made cargo plane with eight people on board crashes shortly after taking off from Karachi airport in Pakistan, with casualties feared.

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Air France crash hunt to restart

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

France is to resume searching for the flight recorders from an Air France jet that crashed in the Atlantic in 2009, killing all 228 people on board.

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Karachi aircraft crash ‘kills 22′

Friday, November 5th, 2010

A charter plane crashes shortly after take-off from Karachi airport and reports say all 22 people on board have been killed.

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Passenger plane crashes in Cuba

Friday, November 5th, 2010

A Cuban passenger plane crashes in the centre of the country with about 60 people on board, Cuban state TV reports.

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Yacht towed to safety in gale

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

Holyhead RNLI lifeboat braved gale-force winds and “horrendous” sea conditions to bring a yacht with four people on board back to port.

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