LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 50 passengers were rescued when fire gutted the tyres of an aircraft operated by Dana Airlines Limited in Port Harcourt on Monday evening. The incident occurred at the Port Harcourt airport with no life lost and no passenger injured. A statement by Dana Air spokesman, Kingsley Ezenwa, confirmed the…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A plane carrying former U.S. President Donald Trump made an emergency landing in New Orleans on Saturday evening after experiencing an engine failure over the Gulf of Mexico, a source familiar with the matter confirmed on Wednesday. The plane, a Dassault Falcon 900, had gone about 75 miles (120 km) from a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A video of passengers in a plane from Owerri to Lagos going into a serious prayer session after they had a close shave with death has stirred reaction. A message by @instablog9ja revealed that the incident forced the plane to have an emergency landing in Port Harcourt. My life is precious The…
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…
Afghan sporting officials have confirmed the death of young footballer Zaki Anwari. The 19-year-old plummeted to his death after trying to cling on to a departing plane this week. Tributes have flooded in for Zaki Anwari who tragically fell to his death from a plane, while trying to escape from Kabul A desperate attempt to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Passengers have watched in horror as a man with coronavirus died inside aeroplane. According to Dailymail, passengers sitting in various parts of the crowded cabin took photos as the drama unfolded before them which saw paramedics attempt to revive the passenger who was pronounced dead shortly after an emergency landing in New…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A cargo plane carrying food, motorbikes and cash has crashed shortly after takeoff from the airport in the South Sudanese capital of Juba. Witnesses reported seeing several bodies. The Antonov An-26 aircraft was travelling to the city of Aweil in the northwest of the country. Videos and photos circulating on social media…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A light aircraft overloaded with cocaine crashed on take-off on its way to Australia, police said on Saturday, exposing a Melbourne-based crime syndicate and leading to the arrest of five men with alleged links to the Italian mafia. The Cessna aircraft, which was stuffed with more than 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds) of…