LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRAGERS)-Passengers have been forced to evacuate a Delta plane after an engine caught fire while on the tarmac at Orlando International Airport in Florida. Video on social media shows smoke and flames rising from the right engine, and passengers exiting the aircraft down inflatable emergency slides. Delta flight 1213 was set to…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A passenger plane caught fire before takeoff at an airport in South Korea late Tuesday, but all 176 people on board were safely evacuated, authorities said. The Airbus plane operated by South Korean airline Air Busan was preparing to leave for Hong Kong when its rear parts caught fire at Gimhae International…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Around 300 passengers onboard a Boeing 787 had a narrow escape at the Melbourne Airport in Australia after the landing gear of Etihad flight EY461 caught fire while taking off. According to the reports, the fire erupted after two of the tyres exploded when the plane was rolling on the runway to…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-One of the buses conveying stranded Nigerians from Khartoum, Sudan, to Port Sudan caught fire in the early hours of Monday, The PUNCH learnt. 26 buses conveying the stranded Nigerians left Al Razi around 12 am on Monday for Port Sudan where they will move into Saudi Arabia. According to the Chairman, Nigerians…