LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A plane conveying Nigerian citizens from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has made a U-turn after a pregnant woman gave birth to a baby mid-air. Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, made this known on Wednesday. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, had said 265 Nigerians would arrive in Lagos from Dubai…
LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi’s £11million private jet has been forced to make an emergency landing at Brussels airport due to a fault with plane. According to the Sun, Barcelona star’s plane was making its way to Tenerife in the Canary Islands when it suffered from issues with its landing gear. The aircraft grounded at…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A PLANE carrying Manchester United fans to the LASK match was forced to emergency land in Frankfurt due to an issue with the engine. Supporters are still making the trip to Austria despite the game being played behind closed doors because of coronavirus concerns. The plane was forced to land in Frankfurt…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One of a group of five Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bombers that disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle on December 5, 1945, mysteriously reappeared this morning (Thursday, February 13th, 2020) at the Patrick Air Force Base in Brevard, Florida. Around 7:15 AM this morning, a single-engine propeller aircraft arrived in the vicinity of the United States Air Force restricted flight zone…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Sudanese medical staff deployed at Juba International Airport to screen arrivals for deadly Coronavirus have reportedly fled the airport after a plane carrying Chinese diplomats landed. South Sudan government this week begun screening all travelers at airports to help avert the spread of the coronavirus in the country. Coronaviruses are a…
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A cargo plane carrying presidential staff has crashed in eastern Congo and all eight passengers and crew are feared dead. Debris of the plane has been found, but the people aboard are still missing, said adviser Vidiye Tshimanga, in a chat with Reuters on Friday. Congo Civil Aviation Authority, in a statement,…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWRANGERS)-A Brazilian air force officer travelling with President Jair Bolsonaro’s G20 team has been arrested after being caught with 39 kilograms of cocaine. The officer was detained in Seville, Spain, when the back-up plane travelling to Osaka made a stop-over, a statement released by the Brazilian defence ministry said. It said: “The…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Canadian man has died after his parachute failed to open when he jumped out of a plane during a military exercise led by US forces in Bulgaria, local media reported on Tuesday. Three soldiers, reportedly US citizens, were also injured during the exercise overnight to Tuesday, dubbed Swift Response 2019, according…