Taiwan TransAsia plane crashes into river Dramatic images show the TransAsia passenger plane clipping a bridge as it plunges toward the river Continue reading the main story Related Stories Taiwan plane crash toll reaches 48 Air disasters timeline A plane carrying mostly Chinese tourists has crashed into a river in Taiwan, killing at least 31 people. Dramatic video footage emerged showing the TransAsia Airways plane clipping a bridge as it came down shortly after take-off from a Taipei airport. The plane, carrying 58 people, broke up as it plunged into Taipei's Keelung River. The fuselage was later salvaged by crane. There were 15 survivors pulled from the wreckage but 12 people remain missing. John Sudworth reports: "This is no longer a rescue mission, but a recovery operation" Television footage showed some passengers wading clear of the sunken wreckage and a toddler being pulled out alive by rescuers. Emergency teams cut open the plane whil...
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Taiwan TransAsia plane 's final deadly glide into the river on Wedneday Dramatic images show the TransAsia passenger plane clipping a bridge as it plunges toward the river Continue reading the main story Related Stories Taiwan plane crash toll reaches 48 Air disasters timeline A plane carrying mostly Chinese tourists has crashed into a river in Taiwan, killing at least 31 people. Dramatic video footage emerged showing the TransAsia Airways plane clipping a bridge as it came down shortly after take-off from a Taipei airport. The plane, carrying 58 people, broke up as it plunged into Taipei's Keelung River. The fuselage was later salvaged by crane. There were 15 survivors pulled from the wreckage but 12 people remain missing. John Sudworth reports: "This is no longer a rescue mission, but a recovery operation" Television footage showed some passengers wading clear of the sunken wreckage and a toddler being pulled out alive by rescuers. Emerg...
Continue reading the main story Related Stories Taiwan plane crash toll reaches 48 Air disasters timeline ... TransAsia Airways plane clipped a bridge and crashed into a river near the Taiwanese capital, Taipei. Fifty-eight people were onboard the domestic flight. The plane is now half-submerged in the Keelung River. Rescuers have cut open the side of the fuselage and are trying to rescue several people still trapped inside. Taipei officials said 16 people suffered injuries. Thirty people are still unaccounted for. Cindy Sui reports: ''Many of the people on board are still inside the aircraft'' The ATR-72 turbo-prop plane had just taken off from Taipei Songshan Airport and was heading to the outlying Kinmen islands, just off the coast of the south-eastern Chinese city of Xiamen, CNA said. Flight controllers lost contact with the plane at 10:55 local time (02:55 GMT). Footage of the plane apparently filmed from inside passing cars showed it b...
The Managing Director of NAMA, Engr. Ibrahim Abdulsalam has called for concerted efforts of all stakeholders in the aviation industry towards building and maintaining modern airport infrastructure that would ensure safety of air navigation in the country. Engr. Abdulsalam who was represented by Abuja Airspace Manager, Mr Nnanna Ugbaga at the Airport Business Summit and Expo which ended Friday in Abuja, noted that it is the collective responsibility of stakeholders to ensure that airport infrastructure maintain international safety standards which Nigeria has sustained over the years as a fallout of the transformation agenda of the Federal Government, stressing that “the challenge of maintaining airspace safety requires consistent and constant review of policies that drive the system.’’ Like Comment Share
Print Share Faceboo Relatives are still waiting for answers nearly a year after the crash Continue reading the main story MH370 mystery What we know Key points Search logistics Pain of not knowing The Malaysian government has officially declared the disappearance of Malaysian Airline flight MH370 an accident and says there were no survivors. No trace of the Beijing-bound aircraft has been found since it disappeared on 8 March 2014. Officials say that the recovery operation is ongoing but that the 239 people onboard are now presumed dead. The plane's whereabouts are still unknown despite a massive international search in the southern Indian Ocean. The declaration on Thursday should allow compensation payments to relatives of the victims. 'Deepest sorrow' Malaysian officials said that the recovery of the missing aircraft remained a priority and that they had pursued "every credible lead". Department of Civil Aviation ...
More international passengers travelled through Dubai International (DXB) than any other airport in 2014, according to provisional full-year statistics released by Dubai Airports on 27 January 2015. Meanwhile, Abu Dhabi Airports reported its busiest-ever year, further underlining the growing influence of the Middle East in global aviation. Full-year passenger volume of 70.47 million at DXB represented a 6.1% year-on-year (y/y) increase, and enabled Dubai to displace Heathrow as the busiest international hub. Dubai Airports reported fast growth in demand from Eastern Europe (up by 21%), North America (18.6%), and Asia (12.6%), while traffic from Western Europe grew by 1.19 million. Despite flight diversions as a result of an 80-day runway refurbishment project, and the continuing trend for airlines to operate larger passenger aircraft, takeoffs and landings only decreased by 3.4% to 357,339. Air freight activity dropped by 3.1% to 2.37 million tonnes, reflecting the shift in operati...
More international passengers travelled through Dubai International (DXB) than any other airport in 2014, according to provisional full-year statistics released by Dubai Airports on 27 January 2015. Meanwhile, Abu Dhabi Airports reported its busiest-ever year, further underlining the growing influence of the Middle East in global aviation. Full-year passenger volume of 70.47 million at DXB represented a 6.1% year-on-year (y/y) increase, and enabled Dubai to displace Heathrow as the busiest international hub. Dubai Airports reported fast growth in demand from Eastern Europe (up by 21%), North America (18.6%), and Asia (12.6%), while traffic from Western Europe grew by 1.19 million. Despite flight diversions as a result of an 80-day runway refurbishment project, and the continuing trend for airlines to operate larger passenger aircraft, takeoffs and landings only decreased by 3.4% to 357,339. Air freight activity dropped by 3.1% to 2.37 million tonnes, reflecting the shift in operati...