LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Super Eagles escaped death yesterday as the aircraft which was bringing them back home from Polokwane, South Africa after their match against Lesotho to Uyo for their final World Cup qualifier had to make an emergency landing in Luanda, Angola. According to the NFF, “the ValueJet Airline plane conveying the…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany-bound Condor Airlines flight from Corfu, Greece, had to be diverted to Italy on August 16 after one of its engines caught fire following takeoff, according to People magazine. While nobody on board the Boeing 757 aircraft was injured, an unverified video of the incident went viral on TikTok. The flight,…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing after an engine appeared to catch fire mid-air, officials said. Flight 1665 took off from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas for Charlotte, North Carolina, at 8.11am local time on Wednesday, according to Flightradar24. But it returned to the Las…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five people were killed on Saturday when two helicopters collided and crashed in a wooded area near Eura Airport in southwestern Finland, police said. Police said the mid-air collision occurred shortly after noon near the town of Kauttua, with the wreckage falling some 700 metres (yards) from the Ohikulkutie road. “Five people…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was confusion aboard a Southwest Airline plane when a crazed woman attempted to open the door mid-air. Only God can save Agbegninou now that she tried her best to obey her god. Elom whose last name is Benin Republic, then started whacking her head on the plane floor, claiming “Jesus told…
LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A helicopter and a single-engine plane collided in midair Friday near a suburban Phoenix airport, sending the helicopter crashing into a field and killing both people on board. The plane landed safely, and the flight instructor and a student inside were not hurt. The collision happened in the city of Chandler near…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A major disaster was averted after a serious incident involving a Boeing 737-500 aircraft operated by Air Peace, with registration mark 5N-BUJ, developed engine failure shortly after takeoff. The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has said it was investigating a serious incident involving a Boeing 737-500 aircraft operated by Air Peace. The General…