Two killed as cargo plane crashes at Tokyo airport

May 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Two people were killed after a single-engine plane crashed into another unoccupied small aircraft on the ground at the Lantana airport in Palm Beach County, Florida Wednesday, authorities said. County Fire Rescue Department spokesman Don Delucia told reporters that it appeared that the first plane lost power during take-off and was making an emergency landing when it struck the parked plane.

April 17th, 2009 JAKARTA - A small plane crashed Friday in Indonesia's Papua province, but the fate of the 11 people on board was unknown, the state Antara news agency reported. The plane was travelling from Ilaga to Mulia district when it crashed in a mountainous area, Antara said.

April 6th, 2009 JAKARTA - An aircraft belonging to the Indonesian Air Force crashed Monday afternoon in West Java capital of Bandung, killing all 24 people on board, news reports and officials said. The Fokker airplane was carrying 17 officers from the Indonesian Air Force's special force and seven crew when it crashed at about 12.30 p.m.

March 23rd, 2009 TOKYO - A freight plane crashed Monday morning on landing at Narita airport near Tokyo and burst into flame, media reports said. CNN showed footage of the crippled plane bouncing twice, then bursting into flame as it veered off the runway.

March 23rd, 2009 TOKYO - A cargo plane has crashed at Japan's Narita international airport, killing both crew members on board. The Federal Express plane, which was coming from Guangzhou in China, crash-landed in high winds of Japan's largest airport near Tokyo at 0650 local time on Monday.

March 23rd, 2009 LONDON - British security experts were Sunday investigating what was termed a 'suspicious device' aboard an Emirates Airline plane that landed at London's Gatwick airport, the BBC reported. The broadcaster said the flight arrived from Dubai.

March 20th, 2009 KOLKATA - A hoax bomb call at the international airport's cargo department here created panic Thursday, officials said. 'An anonymous call came at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport around 4.45 p.m.

March 9th, 2009 KAMPALA - Eleven people died Monday when a Russian-made cargo plane carrying supplies for the African Union (AU) peace keeping mission in Somalia, burst into flames and crashed into Lake Victoria soon after take-off from Uganda's Entebbe international airport, a government statement said. An Ilyushin 76-cargo aircraft F9-FAB with eleven people, including four crew and seven others on board, was flying from Entebbe to Mogadishu and crashed soon after take-off 9.9 km south of the airport at 5.14 a.m.

March 9th, 2009 KAMPALA - Seven people were killed Monday when a cargo aircraft crashed at the international airport near here, a Ugandan air force spokesman said. Captain Tabaro Kiconco said by telephone that it was a cargo plane which was scheduled to fly to Somalia.

March 9th, 2009 KAMPALA - A medium sized plane crashed at the international airport near Uganda's capital, a radio station said Monday. According to reports, it was a cargo plane which crashed at the Entebbe international airport in Uganda.

February 26th, 2009 AMSTERDAM - A Turkish Airlines plane with 135 people on board crashed Wednesday morning as it was approaching Amsterdam's Schiphol airport killing at least nine people, Dutch authorities said. The Boeing 737-800 plane, arriving from Istanbul crash-landed in a soggy field near the airport at 10.30 a.m.

February 26th, 2009 AMSTERDAM - A Turkish passenger plane crashed Wednesday near Amsterdam's Schiphol airport just before landing, Dutch television reported. The TV report said the plane arriving at Amsterdam from Istanbul was carrying 135 passengers on board.

February 21st, 2009 CAIRO - A Ukrainian An-12 cargo plane burst into flames Friday as it tried to take off in south Egypt, killing five crew members, an official said. The Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority head Emad Salam was quoted as saying by the MENA news agency that the plane, en route to Ukraine from Uganda, landed at Luxor airport in southern Egypt to refuel.

February 19th, 2009 CAIRO - A Ukrainian An-12 cargo plane burst into flames Friday as it tried to take off in south Egypt, killing five crew members, an official said. The Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority head Emad Salam was quoted as saying by the MENA news agency that the plane, en route to Ukraine from Uganda, landed at Luxor airport in southern Egypt to refuel.

February 12th, 2009 NEW YORK - A commercial airliner struck a house and burst into flames late Thursday outside Buffalo, New York, killing 49 people, officials said. The dead included 48 people on the plane and one person on the ground.