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Images published by Iran state TV allegedly show the aftermath of a Ukrainian plane carrying at least 170 people crashing shortly after take off in Tehran killing all on board. IMAGES
A plane flying from Melbourne to Australia's King Island crashed into a shopping centre in Essendon, a suburb of northern Melbourne on Tuesday, killing all five people on board, including the pilot, shortly after taking off from Melbourne's Essendon Airport around 9 AM local time on Tuesday. According to local police, The twin-engine Beechcraft B200 Super King Air is suspected to have suffered engine failure. The plane crashed into the back of a furniture store and a JB Hi-Fi store in the DFO shopping centre, leaving the parking area in flames and killing the pilot, identified as US citizen Max Quartermain, and all four passengers, who have also been identified as US citizens. Pilot Max Quartermain was the co-owner of Corporate and Leisure Aviation, the company which operated the plane. He had a perfect 38-year safety record. According to unconfirmed reports, there were no casualties on the ground. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating the incident.
Seven people are dead and many more missing after two turbo-prop L-410 aircraft carrying parachutists crashed mid-air over western Slovakia on Thursday morning.
Images of wreckage on fire after plane with 72 people on board crashes in Pokhara, Nepal. "There are 68 passengers on board and four crew members... Rescue is underway, we don't know right now if there are survivors," Sudarshan Bartaula, spokesperson for Yeti Airlines told AFP. The plane crashed between the old and new Pokhara airports in central Nepal. IMAGES
Veracruz, Feb 21 (EFE).- Six members of Mexico's military died on Sunday morning after an Air Force plane burst into flame after it crashed near an airport in the southeastern state of Veracruz. The military will carry out an investigation, the country's Defense Ministry said. (Camera: OMAR HERNANDEZ). SHOT LIST: THE SCENE OF THE PLANE CRASH AND THE WRECKAGE OF AN AIRPLANE OF MEXICAN AIR FORCE AFTER THE CRASH NEAR EL LENCERO AIRPORT IN EMILIANO ZAPATA MUNICIPALITY, IN VERACRUZ STATE, MEXICO.
Jakarta, Feb 10 (EFE/EPA).- Indonesian authorities reported this Wednesday that a mechanical failure in an engine throttle lever could cause the accident of the Boeing 737 of the Indonesian airline Sriwijaya Air on January 9 with 62 people a board.The preliminary report, published Wednesday by the National Committee on Transportation Safety, said that as the aircraft climbed, the automatic throttle on the left engine was reduced, while that of the right engine remained stable. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS INDONESIAN RESCUE TEAM CARRYING AND INSPECTING DEBRIS OF THE SRIWIJAYA AIR FLIGHT SJ 182 PLANE RECOVERED FROM THE CRASH SITE IN WATERS OFF JAKARTA, INDONESIA.