Mangalore plane crash 2010: Court starts inquiry
Mangalore, Aug 18: After 86 days of the massive plane crash (AI flight IX 812) in Mangalore airport, a court started inquiry on Tuesday, Aug 17.According to DNA, traffic control department, the fire department and Air India had been asked for.....
Ex-senator Stevens confirmed dead in Alaska crash
Washington, Aug 11: Former Alaska Republican Senator Ted Stevens has been confirmed dead in a plane crash in southwest Alaska.According to Politico, the small plane crashed near a small fishing town on Alaska's.....
No evidence that China is supporting Maoists: PC
New Delhi, Aug 11: The government on Wednesday, Aug 11 sought to clarify that there is no evidence to prove China's support to Maoists but mentioned "one unconfirmed report" on alliance between a Nepalese organisation and the red rebels. "We have.....
Nepal's judgment was biased against Sobhraj: UN
Kathmandu, Aug 5: The UN committee had given Nepal six months' time to take necessary action in Charles Sobhraj case and stated that the court did not deliver unbiased justice to him.Seven years after remaining behind bars in Nepal for the.....
Death toll reaches 40 in Himachal road accident
Shimla, Aug 19: The death toll in a truck road accident in Himachal Pradesh"s Mandi district, has gone up to 40, police said on Thursday, Aug 19. The accident occurred on Wednesday, Aug 18, evening, when an overcrowded truck skidded off.....
Manila: 35 die in bus accident
Manila, Aug 18: At least 35 people died when a packed bus plunged off a mountain highway into a valley in Manila, said the police.The bus was carrying 47 people, and the driver survived with a broken leg.Police chief Wilben Mayor.....
Scores of bodies pulled from Brazil plane crash
Sao Paulo, July 19: Rescue workers in Brazil pulled burned bodies from smoking wreckage and collapsed buildings after about 200 people were killed in the country's worst air disaster. The Airbus A320 was carrying 186 passengers and crew when it slid off a short, rain-soaked runway at Sao Paulo's Congonhas airport late on Tuesday, hurdling a busy road before slamming into a gas station and cargo terminal. An acrid haze hung over the crowded.....
Throttle error major cause of Brazil plane crash
Brasilia, Aug 2: An engine throttle in the wrong position was probably a major cause of Brazil's worst air accident last month, a congressional committee reported citing flight recorder data. Marco Maia, a senior member of the panel investigating the July 17 crash that killed 199 people as well as Brazil's long-running air traffic crisis said yesterday the throttle ''was not in the correct position.'' But he added this did not necessarily mean human.....