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Survivor recalls horror of Pakistan plane crash that killed 97

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 23 03:54 PM

KARACHI, Pakistan - One of the two people to survive a plane crash in Pakistan that killed 97 people has described jumping from the burning wreckage of the aircraft after it hurtled into a residential neighborhood. Read more »

97 dead, 2 survivors from Pakistan plane crash: health ministry

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 23 10:45 AM

The bodies of the passengers and crew killed had been recovered from the site near the city's airport, the Sindh Health Ministry said. Read more »

40 bodies recovered, dozens more feared dead in Pakistan plane crash

Ashraf Khan, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 23 03:04 AM

At least 40 dead bodies have been recovered after a Pakistani plane crashed with nearly 100 people on board in the southern city of Karachi on Friday, according to rescue officials, with dozens more feared dead.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 22, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 12:37 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Pakistan International Airlines plane crashes in Karachi

Fareed Khan, AP
Posted at May 22 08:44 PM

Fire brigade staff try to put out a fire caused by a plane crash in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday. Read more »

Plane crashes in Pakistan, many feared dead

Reuters and Associated Press
Updated as of May 22 10:48 PM

A passenger plane of state-run Pakistan International Airlines with over 100 passengers and crew crashed near Karachi in southern Pakistan Friday, officials said. Read more »

Palace calls for stricter safety measures for aircraft after Lionair incident

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 30 03:47 PM

Malacañang on Monday called for stricter security and safety measures for aircraft after a medical evacuation plane caught fire in the country's main airport, leaving 8 people dead.   Read more »

'He fought like a hero': Young doctor among 8 killed in ill-fated medical flight

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 30 07:15 PM

A young doctor was among the 8 people who lost their lives when a Japan-bound plane erupted in flames during takeoff at the Manila airport this weekend, his sister said.  Read more »

Probe into ill-fated medical flight may take up to a year: CAAP

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 30 01:19 PM

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) on Monday said an investigation into a Japan-bound plane that caught fire on takeoff at the Manila airport Sunday, leaving 8 dead, might take up to a year. Read more »

8 killed as fire engulfs plane on NAIA runway

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 29 11:41 PM

The plane, which was on a medical evacuation mission to Haneda, Japan, was carrying 2 passengers and 6 crew members, the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) said in a statement. Read more »

PNP helicopter crash unlikely to influence Duterte on chopper trips, says Panelo

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 05 02:15 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte will unlikely be swayed from riding helicopters even after a fairly new chopper of the Philippine National Police crashed Thursday, Malacañang said. Read more »

Malaysia says no evidence pilot caused MH370 disappearance

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 20 08:19 AM

KUALA LUMPUR - Former Malaysian officials who oversaw the probe into missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 said Wednesday that the rogue pilot angle had been investigated without any conclusive evidence found. Read more »

Recording shows Iran knew immediately it had shot down plane -Zelenskiy

Reuters
Posted at Feb 03 08:36 PM

A leaked audio recording of an Iranian pilot talking to the control tower in Tehran shows that Iran knew immediately it had shot down a Ukrainian airliner last month, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Read more »

Iran confirms two missiles fired at Ukraine airliner

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 21 05:08 PM

The country's civil aviation authority said it has yet to receive a positive response after requesting technical assistance from France and the United States to decode black boxes from the downed airliner. Read more »

'Clerics get lost!': Iran protests rage on over plane disaster

Babak Dehghanpisheh, Reuters
Posted at Jan 13 09:21 PM

Protesters denouncing Iran's clerical rulers took to the streets and riot police deployed to face them on Monday, in a third day of demonstrations after authorities acknowledged shooting down a passenger plane by accident. Read more »

Iran missile operator who downed Ukrainian jet acted alone: commander

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 12 12:05 AM

The operator had mistaken the Boeing 737 for a "cruise missile" and only had 10 seconds to decide whether to fire, said Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh, the Guards' aerospace commander. Read more »

Ukraine demands punishment for Iran plane downing

Oleksandr Savochenko, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 12 01:44 AM

"We expect Iran... to bring the guilty to the courts," the Ukrainian leader wrote on Facebook, calling also for the "payment of compensation" and the return of remains. Read more »

Angry Iranians question authorities for concealing truth on plane incident

Parisa Hafezi, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 11 10:12 PM

For days, Iran had denied Western accusations it was responsible for Wednesday's crash soon after take-off from Tehran, in which all 176 people aboard were killed. Authorities said on Saturday that air defenses had been fired in error while on high alert following Iranian missile strikes on US targets in Iraq. Read more »

Iran to probe black boxes after missile blamed for plane crash

Alexander Cornwell and Parisa Hafezi, Reuters
Posted at Jan 11 10:30 AM

Tehran said on Friday it wanted to download black box recordings itself from a Ukrainian airliner crash that killed all 176 people aboard, amid Western suspicions the plane was brought down by an Iranian missile, probably by mistake. Read more »

Flight PS752 plane crash in Iran: Was the aircraft shot down?

Daphne Beniot and Stuart Williams, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 03:58 AM

A Boeing passenger jet crashed in Iran early on January 8, hours after Tehran had launched a barrage of missiles at bases housing American troops in Iraq, in retaliation for the killing of commander Qasem Soleimani in a US strike. Read more »