LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Austrian Airlines plane was badly damaged by hail when the airborne jet hit a “thunderstorm cell” Sunday, Austrian Airlines said. A storm cell is an air mass that contains up and down drafts, which can cause turbulence when a plane encounters one. The plane with 173 passengers and six crew onboard…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A private jet having about 10 persons onboard including Very Important Personalities (VIPs) has overshot the Ibadan airport runway in the Oyo State capital. An impeccable source said the incident happened on Friday around 11 am at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport. The jet with registration number, N580KR, missed the runway and skidded…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sixty seven people escaped death when ValueJet CRJ 900 bombardier aircraft on Tuesday skidded off the runway at the Port-Harcourt International Airport in Rivers state. The aircraft had 62 passengers and five flight crew aboard. Although some of the passengers sustained injuries, there was no casualty from the incident that happened at…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A plane carrying the Arsenal women’s team back from their Champions League semi-final first leg with Wolfsburg burst into flames on the runway on Sunday evening. The incident occurred at the Braunschweig Wolfsburg Airport after a bird flew into the engine shortly before it was due to take off, causing a loud…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some hoodlums reportedly attacked Labour Party supporters in the Epe Local Government Area of Lagos State on Saturday, March 11, 2023. It was gathered that a former Commissioner under Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration, Hon. Olawale Oluwo, narrowly escaped unhurt when some unidentified hoodlums suspected to be political thugs reportedly shot at him…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Turkish Airlines flight number 606 was today forced to return to the ground after a bird strike during take-off. The A330 however had to fly around Kampala and Entebbe for over an hour to burn fuel to achive the right weight for landing. According to the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority, the regulator of…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A major air accident was averted when an Overland Airways aircraft made an emergency landing at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos, from Ilorin International Airport in Kwara State. The incident happened on Wednesday night when one of the engines caught fire mid-air as the plane was approaching the airport. 33 passengers…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four occupants of a Toyota Camry car crushed by a 40ft containerized truck were rescued alive from the battered car. The Federal Road Safety Corps Lagos Sector Command in a statement sighted by NewsRangers said the crash occurred around 1838hrs at Ojuelegba inward Stadium on Funsho Williams Avenue, adding that it involved…