LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Four people died when a helicopter crashed into a hospital in southwestern Turkey on Sunday, the provincial governor said, blaming the accident on thick fog. “The helicopter fell to the ground after having struck the fourth storey of a hospital during take-off,” killing two pilots, a doctor and an employee on board…
LAGOS AUGUS10TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A passenger plane crashed into a gated residential community in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state Friday, killing all 61 people aboard and leaving a smoldering wreck, officials and the airline said. Officials did not say if anyone was killed on the ground in the neighborhood where the plane landed in the city of Vinhedo,…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The pump price of Automotive Gas Oil, popularly called diesel, has dropped from about N1,700/litre which it sold for a few weeks ago, to around N1,350/litre in some locations across the country following the sale of the commodity by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. It was gathered on Tuesday that the $20bn worth…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A small plane crashed at a Florida mobile home park on Thursday, killing several people aboard the plane and in one home, fire officials said. The pilot of the single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza V35 reported an engine failure shortly before the aircraft went down at about 7 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration reported….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A US military aircraft with eight people onboard crashed into the sea in western Japan on Wednesday, with several media outlets reporting one crew member had died and the condition of at least two hauled from waters was unclear. Japan’s coast guard said what appeared to be wreckage from the tilt-rotor V-22…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A yet-to-be-identified woman was crushed to death alongside her two-year-old daughter in the Ikotun area of Lagos on Thursday. PUNCH Metro reports that another trader was injured as a bus rammed into some shops along the roadside opposite Toluwalase Hall, Governor’s Road, Ikotun. An eyewitness, who gave his name as Tayo, said…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A fighter jet belonging to the Nigerian Air Force on Friday crashed in Makurdi, Benue State capital, The PUNCH has learnt. Details about the incident are still sketchy as of the time of filing this report. A military source said two personnel of the Nigerian Air Force onboard ejected unhurt. The source…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three civilians were killed on Monday when a MIG-21 military aircraft crashed into a house in the western Indian state of Rajasthan. The Indian Air Force said in a statement that the plane had taken off for a a “routine operational training sortie” from a nearby base. “Soon thereafter, the pilot experienced an…