Libreville, Gabon: Zambia returned to the scene of their worst sporting tragedy to make it a place of unrestrained joy after winning a nerve-racking African Cup of Nations final on Sunday on penalties over tournament favorites Ivory Coast. Stophira Sunzu scored the deciding sudden-death spot-kick after Gervinho missed for the Ivorians, giving Zambia a 8-7 win on penalties after the teams were locked at 0-0 through 120 minutes. Zambia's first...
09:05 AM, Feb 13, 2012
San Francisco: Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash on Friday, a major loss for a US memory chipmaker already struggling with sluggish computer sales and declining prices. The 51-year-old Appleton, a three-decade industry veteran who performed stunts at airshows, died after the small plane he was piloting crashed at an airport in Boise, Idaho, where the chipmaker is headquartered. His death...
12:41 PM, Feb 04, 2012
Chennai: A Kiran Trainer Aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday crashed on the outskirts of Chennai during a routine training sortie, but both the pilots ejected to safety. The two-seater aircraft, which left the Air Force Station at suburban Tambaram, crashed near Iyancherry village, some 30 km from Chennai, police said. "A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to find out the reasons for the crash", a...
02:43 PM, Jan 31, 2012
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11:46 AM, Jan 29, 2012
Moscow: A Russian space probe designed to boost the nation's pride on a bold mission to a moon of Mars came down in flames today, showering fragments into the south Pacific west of Chile's coast, officials said. Pieces from the Phobos-Ground, which had become stuck in Earth's orbit, landed in water 1,250 kilometers (775 miles) west of Wellington Island in Chile's south, the Russian military Air and Space Defense Forces...
10:04 AM, Jan 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to Air India and the Union of India on compensation payable to those who died in Mangalore air crash in 2010. One petitioner, whose son Mohammad Rafi died in the air crash, had approached the apex court saying that he should be given a minimum compensation of Rs 75 lakh. A division bench of Kerala High Court on August 25, 2011...
11:52 AM, Jan 03, 2012
New York: An Indian managing director of a US investment firm was among five people who were killed when a small plane lost control and crashed on a New Jersey highway on Tuesday. Rakesh Chawla, 36, worked at New York-based investment bank Greenhill & Co. The Georgia-bound plane was also carrying a second Greenhill Managing Director Jeffrey Buckalew, 45, his wife and their two children. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said...
08:22 AM, Dec 21, 2011
Pune: An Indian Air Force (IAF) Sukhoi-MK30I fighter aircraft crashed at Vadebolai near Pune on Tuesday afternoon. The Su-MK30I jet took off from Pune's Lohegaon IAF base around 1245 and crashed at 1:10 pm. Locals said that they saw both the pilots eject before the crash. "Both the pilots flying the aircraft ejected in time and landed safely. They have been evacuated and taken to the base for medical attention,"...
02:29 PM, Dec 13, 2011
New York: An Indian couple was among five people killed when a tour helicopter crashed into a mountainside near Las Vegas in the US. The helicopter was touring the Las Vegas Strip and Hoover Dam at sunset on Wednesday when it crashed near the bottom of a canyon about 150 feet deep in the River Mountains bordering Lake Mead. The cause of the crash is still under investigation, Las Vegas...
07:22 AM, Dec 12, 2011
New Delhi: An Indian Air Force MIG-21 crashed in a field in Sirsa district of Haryana on Friday. Sources said both pilots are safe and that there were no causalities on the ground. The MIG-21 had taken off from Sirsa Air Force base and crashed in a field nearby. In view of the increasing number of accidents involving the MiG-21 aircraft type, the IAF has decided to phase them out...
02:32 PM, Dec 02, 2011
Mexico City: Thick fog likely caused the helicopter crash on Friday that killed Mexican Interior Minister Francisco Blake and all seven others on board, the country's transportation minister said on Saturday. An exhaustive investigation is under way, but the initial results indicate the crash was an accident, Communications and Transport Minister Dionisio Perez-Jacome told a news conference. "At this time we have no indications, no evidence ... that would make...
07:53 AM, Nov 13, 2011
Mexico City: The country's top Cabinet secretary, Francisco Blake Mora, a key figure in Mexico's battle with drug cartels, died in a helicopter crash on Friday with seven others, including the pilot, the government said. The Presidency spokeswoman, Alejandra Sota, said authorities located the bodies of the secretary and seven others. They included Interior Undersecretary Felipe Zamora, said agency spokesman Jose Alfredo Garcia. Calderon appointed Blake Mora as interior secretary...
01:41 AM, Nov 12, 2011
Warsaw: A Boeing airliner from the US carrying 231 people was forced to land on its belly in Warsaw after its landing gear failed to open, triggering sparks and small fires. No one was hurt, but some passengers sobbed as they prayed for a safe landing. Capt Tadeusz Wrona, who handled the descent on Tuesday so smoothly that many on board thought the Boeing 767 had landed on its wheels,...
11:00 AM, Nov 02, 2011
Ranchi: A BSF helicopter on anti-Naxal duty crashed on the outskirts of Ranchi on Wednesday, killing two pilots and a technician on board. The advanced light helicopter (ALH) Dhruv was going to Chaibasa from Ranchi when its engine caught fire and it crashed in Khunti jungle, a senior BSF official said. All three on board the Pawan Hans chopper, Captain Thomas, Captain S P Singh and technician Manoj Kumar Swain,...
11:09 AM, Oct 19, 2011
Lahaul Spiti: An Indian Air Force fighter aircraft, MIG 29, crashed during a night flying exercise in the Lahaul Spiti region of Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday night. The fighter aircraft was headed to Leh when the mishap took place. The pilot of the aircraft, who was the only person on board, went missing after the aircraft crashed. The aircraft lost radio contact at about 8.30 pm on Tuesday night. Two...
10:05 AM, Oct 19, 2011
Gaborone: A light aircraft crashed after takeoff and burst into flames in Botswana, killing the British pilot and seven tourists from France, Sweden and Britain, a Botswana official said on Monday. The crash occurred on Friday in the southern African nation's Okavango Delta, Civil Aviation Authority spokesman Modipe Nkwe said. He said that two French tourists and two Botswana citizens survived. The chartered Cessna 208 was operated by local company...
04:51 AM, Oct 18, 2011
Jaipur: A MiG-21 combat aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Uttarlai airport in Rajasthan's Barmer district on Friday but the pilot ejected safely. The plane was on a routine sortie and the incident occurred at around 11.30 AM when the pilot was preparing for landing. The pilot, Flying Officer Amit, ejected safely, Defence PRO SD Goswami said. A court of inquiry has been ordered, he said. This...
12:46 PM, Oct 07, 2011
Bahorok: The bodies of all 18 people who were on board a plane that crashed into the jungle-covered mountains of western Indonesia were recovered from the wreckage on Saturday, an official said. The Spanish-designed CASA C-212 lost contact with air traffic control early on Thursday while flying from North Sumatra to Aceh province. Minutes later, it sent out a distress signal, then dropped off the radar. Rugged, forested terrain and...
02:51 PM, Oct 01, 2011
Manila: The Philippine military says three air force personnel were killed when a helicopter carrying supplies to troops fighting militants on a southern island crashed after its engine failed. Regional military spokesman Lt Col Randolph Cabangbang says the Vietnam War-vintage UH-1H Huey helicopter lost engine power as it approached a military camp in Patikul township on Jolo island on Saturday. The helicopter hit the ground hard and rolled down a...
12:53 PM, Oct 01, 2011
New Delhi: Shares of Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group companies fell by nearly 10 per cent on the bourses on Friday, even as the group asserted that it was not a beneficiary of any telecom licence issued in January, 2008. The group's telecom arm, RCom, saw its shares plunge by 8.11 per cent to a low of Rs 71.35 in morning trade, while Reliance Capital tumbled by 9.91 per cent to...
12:46 PM, Sep 30, 2011
