Posts Tagged ‘people-on-board’

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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Yacht towed to safety in gale

Plane crashes in north-east China

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Forty-eight people have been rescued after a passenger plane crashes in north-eastern China with at least 91 people on board, state media report.

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Plane crashes in north-east China

‘Tourist plane’ crashes in Nepal

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

A passenger plane crashes into hills outside Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, with all 14 people on board feared dead, officials say.

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‘Tourist plane’ crashes in Nepal

Air crash ‘miracle’ for Colombia

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

Survivors tell how a Colombian airliner broke into three on landing yet all but one of the 131 people on board escaped death.

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Air crash ‘miracle’ for Colombia