Tag: Plane

Plane makes emergency landing after bird strike

MULTAN: An international airline plane made an emergency landing at Multan airport on Sunday after a bird struck the plane. According to airport sources, GF-789 was hit...

Russia blames Israel for plane shot down by Syrian missile

  MOSCOW: A Russian reconnaissance aircraft was shot down by a Syrian missile over the Mediterranean Sea, killing all 15 people on board, the Russian...

Light plane with 9 people aboard reported missing in Papua

JAYAPURA: A light commercial aircraft with nine people on board was reported missing Saturday in a mountainous region of Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua,...

Saudi World Cup team´s plane suffers engine fire

ROSTOV-ON-DON: The plane carrying Saudi Arabia´s World Cup team suffered a fire in one of its engines as the players flew to Rostov-on-Don for...

China develops reusable space plane

BEIJING: China is developing its homegrown reusable space plane, which observers said could penetrate the anti-missile system once used for military purposes. The reusable spacecraft...

Iran postpones hunt for plane lost in mountain blizzard

TEHRAN: The hunt for a plane that disappeared with 66 people onboard in Iran´s Zagros mountains was stopped until morning as blizzard conditions made...

Plane skids off Turkish runway, passengers unhurt

ISTANBUL: A Pegasus Airlines flight skidded off the runway of a Turkish coastal airport and ended up halfway down a steep slope into the...

Malaysia will pay $70M to firm if it finds missing plane

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia and US firm Ocean Infinity have struck a deal to resume an underwater search for the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that went...

Sialkot-bound PIA flight made ‘technical landing’ not emergency landing: PIA spokesperson

LAHORE: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) cleared a flight en route to Riyadh for take off after the plane made an emergency landing at the Lahore...

Congo military plane crashes in Kinshasa, no survivors: airport director

KINSHASA: A military cargo plane crashed in Congo’s capital Kinshasa on Saturday, killing the crew, the director of the city’s main airport said. It was...

Hijacked Libyan plane lands in Malta with 118 on board: media

An airliner on an internal flight in Libya was hijacked and diverted to Malta where it landed on Friday, Maltese media reported. The Airbus A320...

Plane over Sinai downed in ‘terror act’, says Russia’s FSB chief

Russia's security chief told President Vladimir Putin that a plane carrying 224 people over Sinai was downed due to a “terror attack,” the Kremlin...

Indonesia military plane crash toll rises to 142

The death toll from the crash of an Indonesian air force plane packed with military personnel and their families rose to 142 Wednesday, as...

Malaysia Airlines denies nearly colliding with another plane over Pakistan

Malaysia Airlines denied on Tuesday that a London-bound flight was involved in a near-miss with another plane in Pakistani airspace. Following reports by Asian media...

Governor’s plane barely avoids mishap

Punjab Governor Ghulam Sarwar’s plane fortunately avoided a mishap on Friday. According to media reports, a bird came in front of his private plane which...

PIA plane catches fire at Malaysian airport

Engine of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane, PK 899, reportedly caught fire during flight at Kuala Lumpur Airport of Malaysia on Thursday, a...

Russians refuse to let PIA off the hook without payment

  The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is facing embarrassment and difficulties in its operations side after authorities at the Moscow airport have refused to release...