UN plane crashes in Haiti with 6-10 military personnel on boardOctober 9th, 2009 UN plane crashes in Haiti with 6-10 onboardUNITED NATIONS — A surveillance plane assigned to the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti crashed Friday near the border with the Dominican Republic with 6 to 10 military personnel on board, the United Nations said.
Small plane crashes at Calif. airport after takeoff; 1 on board, injuries unknownSeptember 16th, 2009 Small plane crashes at Calif. airportHAYWARD, Calif.
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.
150 relatives of Yemenia plane crash victims to fly to Comoros aboard French charter planeJuly 12th, 2009 Relatives of plane crash victims to visit ComorosPARIS — At least 150 family members of those who died on Yemenia Airways Flight 626 landed Monday in the Comoros Islands aboard a chartered French airplane, company officials said. Yemenia organized the special flight for relatives of victims and its insurance company paid for it.
2 killed when small plane crashes near Vancouver, B.C., while trying to landJuly 10th, 2009 2 die as small plane crashes near Vancouver, B.C.VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Officials in Canada say a small passenger plane on final approach to Vancouver International Airport crashed near an IKEA store, killing both people on board. An airport spokeswoman says the plane nose-dived around 10 p.m.
Searchers find body in sea off Comoros, but say it's not from fatal plane crashJuly 6th, 2009 Body found in sea off Comoros not from plane crashNAIROBI, Kenya — A Comoran official says a body has been found in the Indian Ocean but it is not related to the Yemenia Airways plane crash that killed 152 people last week. A search and rescue official says a body was found Sunday off the island of Anjouan.
Yemeni authorities say parts of plane wreckage recovered off Comoros islandsJuly 4th, 2009 Yemen says plane wreckage recovered off ComorosSAN'A, Yemen — A Yemeni aviation committee says pieces of wreckage from the passenger jet that crashed off the Comoros islands have been recovered. The committee overseeing the investigation says divers brought up pieces of the Airbus 310's fuselage.
Yemeni official: Yemenia Air plane bound for Comoros in Indian Ocean crashesJune 30th, 2009 Yemen official: Comoros-bound plane crashesSAN'A, Yemen — A Yemenia Air plane going from the Arabian Peninsula country of Yemen to the island nation of Comoros crashed in the Indian Ocean early Tuesday, a Yemen airport official said. The official said the plane was going from the Yemen capital San'a to Moroni, on the main island of Grand Comore.
Toddler rescued from Airbus 310 crash off Indian Ocean island, Comoros police official saysJune 30th, 2009 Child rescued in jet crash off Indian Ocean islandCAIRO — A Comoros police official says a child has been rescued from the sea in the Airbus 310 crash off the Indian Ocean island. Immigrations officer with the Comoros operations, Rachida Abdullah, says a toddler was rescued from the crash site Tuesday.
Airbus 310 crashes off Comoros with 142 passengers, 11 crew; child rescued from the seaJune 30th, 2009 Plane with 153 crashes off Comoros, child rescuedMORONI, Comoros — Reports that a 5-year-old boy survived a jetliner crash in the Indian Ocean are now in question. Rachida Abdullah is an immigrations officer in the Comoros, where the plane went down.
Yemen Airways plane carrying 153 crashes in Indian OceanJune 30th, 2009 LONDON - A Yemen Airways passenger plane with over 150 people on board crashed into waters close to the Comoros archipelago in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday. There were 142 passengers and 11 crewmembers on board and their fate was not immediately known.
Yemeni airport official: Plane that crashed off Comoros had 142 passengers, 11 crew on boardJune 30th, 2009 Yemen: Comoros-bound plane had 153 on boardSAN'A, Yemen — A Yemeni aviation official says the Yemeni Airbus 310 that crashed off the Comoros islands in the Indian Ocean had 142 passengers and a crew of 11 Yemenis on board. Yemeni civil aviation deputy chief Mohammed Abdul Qader says the majority of the passengers were from the Comoros.
Plane crashes with 150 on board crashes in Indian OceanJune 30th, 2009 SANA'A - A Yemen Airways passenger plane with 150 people on board crashed in the Indian Ocean island of Comoros early Tuesday, a company official confirmed. "The plane crashed in the sea 15 minutes ahead of the scheduled time of arrival in Moroni," the official told DPA.
A look at world's deadliest air disastersJune 1st, 2009 A look at world's deadliest air disastersA look at some of the world's deadliest air disasters:
June 30, 2009: Yemenia Airbus 310 enroute to the Comoros Islands crashes into the Indian Ocean with 153 people on board. June 1, 2009: Air France Airbus A330 runs into thunderstorms and crashes into Atlantic Ocean en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, killing 228 people on board.
Aviation officials: Single-engine plane crashes in Cleveland suburb shortly after takeoffApril 29th, 2009 Small plane crashes in Ohio after leaving airportMAYFIELD, Ohio — The Federal Aviation Administration says a single-engine plane has crashed in a Cleveland suburb. FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory says the plane went down Tuesday afternoon in Mayfield Village, just after taking off from the Cuyahoga County Airport.
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