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Video: FedEx Plane Catches Fire After Bird Strike, Makes Emergency Landing In US
Dramatic footage showed the aircraft racing back to the tarmac with fire spewing from the wing as emergency crews rushed to put it out.
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1 Killed, House Catches Fire As Cargo Plane Crashes In Lithuania
A DHL cargo plane flying from Germany to Lithuania crashed early Monday near the airport of the capital Vilnius killing one person.
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Video: Flames Shoot Out Of US Boeing Cargo Plane After Engine Catches Fire
An Atlas Air Boeing cargo plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Miami International Airport after experiencing an engine malfunction shortly after departure.
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Cargo Plane Crashes In Greece: Report
A cargo aircraft crashed late Saturday near Paleochori Kavalas in northern Greece, the fire brigade said.
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4 Killed In Russian Cargo Plane Crash: Report
An Ilyushin Il-76 military cargo plane crashed and caught fire while landing near Russia's western city of Ryazan on Friday, killing four of the nine people on board, the RIA news agency reported, citing local authorities.
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No Survivors As Russian Cargo Plane Crashes In Siberia
A Russian cargo plane crash landed and caught fire in Siberia on Wednesday leaving no survivors among five to seven people believed to be on board, local authorities said.
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A Boeing 747 Cargo Plane Dropped Engine Parts Mid-Air
An incident involving a Boeing 747-400 cargo plane that dropped engine parts after a mid-air explosion and fire over the southern Netherlands on Saturday is under investigation, the Dutch Safety Board said.
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UN Agency Bans Lithium-Ion Battery Cargo On Passenger Planes
The UN agency responsible for air travel standards agreed on Monday to ban the transportation of lithium-ion batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft, saying they pose a serious fire hazard.
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Both pilots killed in cargo plane crash in Birmingham
The pilot and co-pilot of a UPS cargo jet that crashed today near Birmingham airport in US were killed, said a fire official.
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Cargo plane catches fire at Indonesia airport
A cargo plane hauling oil caught fire while being unloaded at an airport in eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, injuring at least one person.
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787 Dreamliners grounded, but batteries can fly
At the time the US government certified Boeing's 787 Dreamliners as safe, federal rules barred the type of batteries used to power the airliner's electrical systems from being carried as cargo on passenger planes because of the fire risk.
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Hollow cricket bats, Buddha statue found in cargo plane check
Expecting to find drugs, Mumbai airport Customs came across hollow cricket bats and a Buddha statue aboard a plane. The aircraft from the fleet of an international cargo carrier took off defying Customs orders Saturday night and was later forced to land by Mumbai Air Traffic Control (ATC) under section 106 of The Indian Customs Act, 1962 that empow...
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Video: FedEx Plane Catches Fire After Bird Strike, Makes Emergency Landing In US
Dramatic footage showed the aircraft racing back to the tarmac with fire spewing from the wing as emergency crews rushed to put it out.
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1 Killed, House Catches Fire As Cargo Plane Crashes In Lithuania
A DHL cargo plane flying from Germany to Lithuania crashed early Monday near the airport of the capital Vilnius killing one person.
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Video: Flames Shoot Out Of US Boeing Cargo Plane After Engine Catches Fire
An Atlas Air Boeing cargo plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Miami International Airport after experiencing an engine malfunction shortly after departure.
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Cargo Plane Crashes In Greece: Report
A cargo aircraft crashed late Saturday near Paleochori Kavalas in northern Greece, the fire brigade said.
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4 Killed In Russian Cargo Plane Crash: Report
An Ilyushin Il-76 military cargo plane crashed and caught fire while landing near Russia's western city of Ryazan on Friday, killing four of the nine people on board, the RIA news agency reported, citing local authorities.
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No Survivors As Russian Cargo Plane Crashes In Siberia
A Russian cargo plane crash landed and caught fire in Siberia on Wednesday leaving no survivors among five to seven people believed to be on board, local authorities said.
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A Boeing 747 Cargo Plane Dropped Engine Parts Mid-Air
An incident involving a Boeing 747-400 cargo plane that dropped engine parts after a mid-air explosion and fire over the southern Netherlands on Saturday is under investigation, the Dutch Safety Board said.
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UN Agency Bans Lithium-Ion Battery Cargo On Passenger Planes
The UN agency responsible for air travel standards agreed on Monday to ban the transportation of lithium-ion batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft, saying they pose a serious fire hazard.
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Both pilots killed in cargo plane crash in Birmingham
The pilot and co-pilot of a UPS cargo jet that crashed today near Birmingham airport in US were killed, said a fire official.
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Cargo plane catches fire at Indonesia airport
A cargo plane hauling oil caught fire while being unloaded at an airport in eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, injuring at least one person.
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787 Dreamliners grounded, but batteries can fly
At the time the US government certified Boeing's 787 Dreamliners as safe, federal rules barred the type of batteries used to power the airliner's electrical systems from being carried as cargo on passenger planes because of the fire risk.
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Hollow cricket bats, Buddha statue found in cargo plane check
Expecting to find drugs, Mumbai airport Customs came across hollow cricket bats and a Buddha statue aboard a plane. The aircraft from the fleet of an international cargo carrier took off defying Customs orders Saturday night and was later forced to land by Mumbai Air Traffic Control (ATC) under section 106 of The Indian Customs Act, 1962 that empow...
