Pilot Dies Mid-air

A student pilot and instructor died on Tuesday when their aircraft collided with a passenger plane over the Kenyan capital Nairobi, police said.

In a chilling incident, a co-pilot of a small plane died on Friday after exiting the aircraft in North Carolina, US, before it made an emergency landing. His body was found in a backyard, about 48 kilometres south of the airport.

The pilot of a small passenger plane died after colliding with another aircraft early Sunday and crashing into a field near the capital Ottawa, officials said.

During the Kargil War in 1999, K Nachiketa was a 26-year-old fighter pilot assigned the task of hitting Pakistani posts in Kargil at altitudes in excess of 17,000 feet.

A pilot of a UTair Boeing 757 flying from Bangkok to Novosibirsk in Russia's Siberia region died as the plane was flying over China, officials said.

An Indian pilot with Qatar Airways died mid-flight due to a massive heart attack when the plane carrying 260 passengers was on its way to Doha from Manila, forcing the co-pilot to make emergency landing at the Kuala Lumpur airport.Ajay Kukreja, 43, who had been working with the airline for five years, was flying QR645 passenger plane when the trage...

The captain of a Qatar Airways flight from the Philippines to Qatar died on Wednesday as it was in the air, forcing the plane to be diverted to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, the carrier said.The captain, a 43-year-old Indian national, complained of chest pain when the co-pilot requested an emergency landing. "Qatar Airways regrets to inform t...

A student pilot and instructor died on Tuesday when their aircraft collided with a passenger plane over the Kenyan capital Nairobi, police said.

In a chilling incident, a co-pilot of a small plane died on Friday after exiting the aircraft in North Carolina, US, before it made an emergency landing. His body was found in a backyard, about 48 kilometres south of the airport.

The pilot of a small passenger plane died after colliding with another aircraft early Sunday and crashing into a field near the capital Ottawa, officials said.

During the Kargil War in 1999, K Nachiketa was a 26-year-old fighter pilot assigned the task of hitting Pakistani posts in Kargil at altitudes in excess of 17,000 feet.

A pilot of a UTair Boeing 757 flying from Bangkok to Novosibirsk in Russia's Siberia region died as the plane was flying over China, officials said.

An Indian pilot with Qatar Airways died mid-flight due to a massive heart attack when the plane carrying 260 passengers was on its way to Doha from Manila, forcing the co-pilot to make emergency landing at the Kuala Lumpur airport.Ajay Kukreja, 43, who had been working with the airline for five years, was flying QR645 passenger plane when the trage...

The captain of a Qatar Airways flight from the Philippines to Qatar died on Wednesday as it was in the air, forcing the plane to be diverted to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, the carrier said.The captain, a 43-year-old Indian national, complained of chest pain when the co-pilot requested an emergency landing. "Qatar Airways regrets to inform t...