Military Charter Plane

A chartered Boeing 737 jetliner with 143 people on board slid off a runway and into the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida, on Friday while attempting to land at a military base in a thunderstorm, injuring 21 people.

An honor guard played taps early as members of Colombia's military loaded five flight crew victims of an air crash that also killed most members of a soccer team onto a cargo plane for the trip back to their native Bolivia.

Mario Lopes knew that his son was expected to return from an overseas deployment in mid-April. He also knew that there was a military charter bound for Norfolk, Va., on the same day of his son's scheduled trip, ABC News reported.

A South African government report released on Wednesday implicated President Jacob Zuma in a scandal over a plane chartered by rich friends of his which landed at a military base without proper permission.

A chartered Boeing 737 jetliner with 143 people on board slid off a runway and into the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida, on Friday while attempting to land at a military base in a thunderstorm, injuring 21 people.

An honor guard played taps early as members of Colombia's military loaded five flight crew victims of an air crash that also killed most members of a soccer team onto a cargo plane for the trip back to their native Bolivia.

Mario Lopes knew that his son was expected to return from an overseas deployment in mid-April. He also knew that there was a military charter bound for Norfolk, Va., on the same day of his son's scheduled trip, ABC News reported.

A South African government report released on Wednesday implicated President Jacob Zuma in a scandal over a plane chartered by rich friends of his which landed at a military base without proper permission.