Plane crashes cost insurers over $1 bn in 2009September 8th, 2009 PARIS - Aviation insurance companies are experiencing one of their worst years on record due to a number of costly plane crashes, according to information released at a meeting of global reinsurance companies in Monte Carlo. According to estimates, three plane crashes this year will force insurers to pay more than $1.3 billion (930 million euros) in compensation.
Bodies found after small Indonesian military plane crashes on Borneo island with 9 aboardSeptember 7th, 2009 Indonesian military plane crashes with 9 aboardJAKARTA, Indonesia — A small Indonesian military plane crashed on Borneo on Monday with nine passengers and crew aboard, killing four, a navy spokesman and the state news agency said. The plane was found in two pieces near a village in East Kalimantan, along with four bodies, the Antara state news service reported, citing police officials.
2 unrelated Cameroon train crashes kill at least 11 and injure hundreds in capitalAugust 30th, 2009 Cameroon train crashes kill 11, injure hundredsYAOUNDE, Cameroon — Cameroon's state-run television says two train crashes within 24 hours have killed at least 11 people. Minister of Communication Issa Tchiroma Bakary told the broadcaster Sunday that nearly 400 people were injured in the crashes in the capital Yaounde.
2 men die when ultralight aircraft crashes into soybean field near southwest Indiana airstripAugust 26th, 2009 2 dead in crash of ultralight plane in IndianaSWITZ CITY, Ind. — Indiana State Police say two men have died after the crash of an ultralight aircraft in southwest Indiana.
Helicopter crashes in Italy killing four peopleAugust 22nd, 2009 Belluno (Italy), (DPA) A helicopter crashed Saturday in Italy's north-eastern Alps killing all four people on board, news reports said.
The crash happened on the Monte Faloria mountain in the province of Belluno, an area which, the reports said, experienced bad weather conditions Saturday.
A wedding fire in Kuwait kills at least 41 women and children, toll could riseAugust 16th, 2009 Wedding fire in Kuwait kills at least 41 guestsKUWAIT CITY — A fire at a wedding tent Saturday has killed at least 41 women and children guests and injured 76 others, authorities said. The official Kuwait News Agency quotes the fire department chief, Brig.
Fire at a wedding tent in Kuwait kills at least 30 women and children guestsAugust 15th, 2009 Wedding fire in Kuwait kills at least 30 guestsKUWAIT CITY — A fire at a wedding tent in Kuwait has killed at least 30 women and children guests and injured 50 others, officials said. Interior Ministry spokesman Col.
Plane crashes into stream after taking off from New Jersey airport; 2 men injuredAugust 12th, 2009 Plane crashes in woods near NJ airport; 2 injuredSUSSEX, N.J. — A small plane has crashed nose down in a stream after taking off from a northwestern New Jersey airport, injuring the two men on board.
IAF aircraft crashes, both pilots killed in APJuly 31st, 2009 HYDERABAD - An Indian Air Force (IAF) trainer aircraft crashed in Andhra Pradesh Friday, killing both its pilots, police said. A piston-engine HPT-32 aircraft crashed into a farm at Annaram village of Jinnaram Mandal in Medak district, about 100 km from here.
Two killed as small plane crashes in USJuly 19th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - A small plane crashed in Santa Clarita near Los Angeles Saturday, killing two people on board, authorities said. The plane crashed in the middle of a street at noon, said Brendon Peart of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Wedding bouquet tradition causes plane crash in ItalyJuly 13th, 2009 MOSCOW - The tradition of the bride throwing the wedding bouquet led to a plane crash in Livorno on Italy's western coast, a media report said. The centuries old tradition of the bride throwing the wedding bouquet to a group of single women turned into a tragedy after the happy couple hired a light plane in an effort to add some novelty to the custom, Corriere della Sera said.
Brides-to-be march down aisle at Elie Saab, with all-white couture collectionJuly 8th, 2009 Brides-to-be rave run of Elie Saab catwalkPARIS — It was hard to spot the bride at Elie Saab's haute couture show on Wednesday, as nearly all of the merengue-y, sequined-encrusted looks could have passed for wedding wear. There were brides in bone white goddess gowns with trailing trains, in flirty, ivory bodice dresses and in creamy tweed skirt suits, all dripping with sequins, beads and crystals that sparkled like freshly fallen snow.
First wedding celebrated at presumed House of Juliet in Verona, ItalyJune 1st, 2009 Italy: 1st wedding held at Juliet's presumed houseROME — An Italian soccer player is the first person to marry under the balcony where, legend has it, Romeo wooed Juliet. Verona Mayor Flavio Tosi conducted Monday's wedding between Luca Ceccarelli, who plays for Hellas Verona, and his Juliet — girlfriend Irene Lanforti — in the 14th-century Casa di Giulietta, or House of Juliet.
Fire in one of the country's top wedding destinations kindles fear in brides-to-beMay 9th, 2009 Brides-to-be fret over fires in Santa BarbaraLOS ANGELES — Bride-to-be Carrie Beers has been planning to hold her intimate wedding among winding staircases, terraced gardens and 13 acres of avocado orchards at a Spanish-style villa tucked into a Santa Barbara canyon. Now the New Yorker is worried her West Coast wedding site won't survive a raging, 8,600-acre wildfire that has ravaged at least 80 other homes.
2 killed when small plane crashes into empty plane on ground at Florida airportMay 6th, 2009 2 killed as small plane crashes at Florida airportLANTANA, Fla. — Authorities say two people are dead after a single-engine plane crashed into an unoccupied aircraft on the ground at a south Florida airport.
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