A cargo plane transporting money for the UN’s World Food Programme has crashed near the South Sudanese capital, Juba, killing eight of the nine people on board, the authorities say. Four of the dead from Saturday morning’s crash were South Sudanese, two were from Tajikistan and the other was from …
Read More »UN plane hard landing injures 11 in Mali
Eleven people, including United Nations employees, sustained injuries after a UN aircraft made a hard landing at an airport in Mali’s eastern city of Gao, the UN Mission in Mali (Minusma) said. The plane left the capital, Bamako, Monday morning, and had four UN personnel and seven crew members. It …
Read More »Plane carrying supplies to Japan crashes, 8 dead
A plane carrying coronavirus supplies to Japan, used by the Philippine health department, has crashed as it took off from the Manila’s airport, killing all onboard. The light aircraft was carrying eight people, including the pilot and two crew members, a doctor, a nurse, a flight medic and an American and a …
Read More »Iran plane crash: Ukrainian jet was ‘unintentionally’ shot down
Iran has admitted “unintentionally” shooting down a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people on board. An investigation found that “missiles fired due to human error”, President Hassan Rouhani said. He described the crash as an “unforgivable mistake”. The military said the jet turned towards a sensitive site belonging to …
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