United's says farewell to 737

Brave pilot steers doomed plane away from populated area

By: HackGaff

A cargo plane crashed just two minutes after takeoff from Sharjah International Airport in the United Arab Emirates, killing all six crew members on board. The final movements of the plane suggested an act of immense courage on the part of the pilot, who steered the doomed plane away from a populated area.

about 1 month ago

Sudan cargo plane crashes in UAE; 6 dead

By: AliceCullen

Boeing 707 went down in unpopulated area north of Dubai DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A Sudanese cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff Wednesday afternoon from Sharjah airport near Dubai, killing at least six crew members. The Boeing 707 operated by Sudan Airways went down in unpopulated desert about two miles north of the airport, said ...

about 1 month ago

Mystery of ‘air crash’ going to SC

By: mwasifali

THE family of a Pakistani pilot, who ‘disappeared’ in a mysterious crash of a Kabul-Bagram flight in Afghanistan in November 2005, has decided to knock at the doors of the Supreme Court after failing to get any information about his whereabouts. The crash was reported by the western and Afghan media on November 11, 2005, but ...

4 days ago

Aviation accidents in Egypt

By: ahmedibrahem

For more than three decades, aviation has seen many of the Egyptian aviation accidents that claimed the lives of hundreds Most of these accidents suffered by the national airline aircraft Egypt Air contrast to the last incident, which involved a plane owned by the Egyptian private airline. In the second of January 1971 went down a ...

27 days ago