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IT’S almost impossible to prevent birds flying into the path of aeroplanes, an aviation expert has said. Pilot hailed ‘Hero of the Hudson’ after New York plane crash New York River plane crash Local expert Linden Birns was commenting after a US Airways Airbus landed in ...
Read Story at Sunday Times (2009-01-18)
NEW YORK - The pilot of the US Airways jet that crashed into icy waters off New York has been hailed as a hero after coolly overseeing the miraculous escape of 155 passengers and crew. SLIDE SHOW: Hudson River plane crash Survivors describe Hudson crash VIDEO: ...
Read Story at Sunday Times (2009-01-16)
Babalola Borishade, Nigeria's aviation minister, has blamed the pilot for yesterday's plane crash near the capital, Abuja. Borishade says the pilot refused to heed advice from the control tower that he should wait for the weather to clear for a safe take-off. Nigeria has revoked the licence of the ...
Read Story at SABCNews (2006-10-30)
NEW YORK - Michael Melvill, the pilot of the first manned private trip to the edge of space this week, has told how he feared he would not return from the landmark mission. The South African-born Melvill told the New York Times that SpaceShipOne lurched to the left and suffered ...
Read Story at Sunday Times (2004-06-24)
Two co-pilots on a Continental flight from Brussels to New York were making an emergency landing at Newark airport Thursday after the pilot died during the flight, aviation officials told AFP. The flight was due to land around 1600 GMT at the New Jersey airport, which is ...
Read Story at Sunday Times (2009-06-18)
New York feted its latest hero, the pilot who landed a distressed US Airways jetliner on the Hudson River, saving all 155 on board in what experts called a masterful job under life-or-death pressure. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger had yet to appear in public one day after he brought the Airbus ...
Read Story at ThisDay (2009-01-17)
Fatima Bhabha is putting on a brave front for her two young sons - but when she goes to bed at night, she feels empty and alone. Her husband, Feroz, 35, a South African Airways pilot and owner of the Steers and Debonairs franchises at the Eastgate shopping mall ...
Read Story at Sunday Times (2003-08-25)
The air crash that killed former South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje in June 2002 was the result of pilot error, an inquest has found. Cronje's career ended when he admitted to involvement in match fixing in 2000. The pilot and co-pilot also died when the light plane ...
Read Story at BBC News (2006-08-14)
The United States has deported a total of 1,359 Nigerians from 2003 to date, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.Nigeria"s Consul-General in New York, Malam Ibrahim Auwalu, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York yesterday, said that, ``the Nigerians were ...
Read Story at ThisDay (2009-03-31)
BRAVE Warriors coach Tom Saintfiet is reported to have applied for the position of Nigeria"s national team coach after reports that current coach Shaibu Amodu will get the boot due to the shaky form of the Super Eagles of late. Nigeria are currently competing at the African Nations Cup in ...
Read Story at The Namibian (2010-01-28)
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