Zia-ul-Haq’s son blames former Army official for father’s plane crash death

October 9th, 2009 NEW YORK - A UN surveillance plane crashed in Haiti Friday, killing all 11 people on board, the UN said. The dead included the crew members and peacekeepers from Uruguay and Jordan, the UN said.

September 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.

September 7th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The US has rejected allegations that it was in any way involved in the plane crash that killed former president Zia-ul-Haq and several top Pakistani officials. US embassy spokesman Richard Snelsire denied former Intelligence Bureau chief Brigadier (retired) Imtiaz Ahmed's claims that the US was behind the crash, adding that, "[other] allegations that the US tried to influence or stall the investigations are baseless and untrue.

September 7th, 2009 LAHORE - Israel has rejected reports regarding its intelligence agency, Mossad's involvement in former Pakistan Army chief General Zia-ul-Haq's plane crash. Terming the allegations as 'baseless', Israeli Foreign Office spokesman Egaal Gilmore refused to comment on the report saying the government does not have any stance on such claims.

September 6th, 2009 LAHORE - Former Pakistan Intelligence Bureau chief Brigadier (retired) Imtiaz Ahmad has said that United States was behind the assassination of former Army chief Zia-ul-Haq. In an interview with a private television channel, Ahmed claimed that US masterminded the Bahawalpur plane crash, in which Haq was killed, in collaboration with 'internal powers of Pakistan'.

August 24th, 2009 SAO PAULO - A single-engine plane crashed in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, killing two people, authorities said. The plane, which began its trip in Vutoporanga, went out of control and crashed Saturday near the city of Comendador Gomes, the fire department said.

August 15th, 2009 LISBON - The two passengers of a light aircraft died when it crashed near a village on the outskirts of the Portuguese city of Evora, according to media reports Saturday. An unoccupied private home in the central Portuguese village was set ablaze and another building damaged in Friday's crash.

August 10th, 2009 Hoboken (New Jersey, US), - Divers pulled a helicopter and four more bodies out of the murky Hudson River on Sunday, days after a midair collision between a sightseeing helicopter and a small plane claimed nine lives. The dead include three fathers and their three teenage sons.

July 24th, 2009 PARIS - The 12-year-old girl who miraculously survived the June 30 crash of a Yeminia Airbus A310 near the Comoros islands has left hospital care in Paris, France Info radio reported Friday. Bahiya Bakari spent 10 hours clinging to wreckage in the water after the plane plunged into the sea.

July 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.

July 15th, 2009 LONDON - The bouquet throwing tradition turned into tragedy at an Italian wedding, after throwing of the flowers caused a plane to crash in Suvereto, near Livorno in western Tuscany. A couple had rented a small jet to fly over their guests at Montioni park, and drop the bride's bouquet to women standing below.

July 15th, 2009 TEHRAN - Iranian state television on Wednesday said 150 people had died in plane crash in the north western part of the country. The official IRNA news agency said that the plane was traveling from Tehran to Yerevan in Armenia.

July 2nd, 2009 PARIS - The Air France Airbus A330-200 that crashed into the Atlantic one month ago was not destroyed in flight, an official with the French Office of Accident Investigation (BEA) said Thursday at Le Bourget airport near Paris. Alain Bouillard, who is in charge of the investigation, said an analysis of the fragments of the plane that have been recovered suggests that "the plane seems to have hit the surface of the water in the line of flight with a strong vertical acceleration".

June 5th, 2009 London, June 5 (ANI): Brazilian officials have admitted that debris found floating in the Atlantic, which was believed to be from the Air France crash, is only 'sea trash'.Up to now, no material from the plane has been recovered," The Times quoted Brigadier Cardoso, as saying in the northeastern city of Recife. Items, including a cargo pallet and two buoys, pulled from the ocean early yesterday.

May 8th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - Three military personnel were killed when the small plane in which they were travelling crashed in western Mexico, an official said. "There are three bodies.