A 12-year-old girl thought to be the only survivor of the Yemenia air crash has told how she was thrown into the ocean and watched her aircraft sink. Baya Bakari told her father at a hospital in Yemen that she …
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Brazil river plane crash kills 24
Twenty-four people, including seven children, have died after the plane they were flying in crashed in a river in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Four people survived the crash into the River Manacapuru. The pilots had reportedly contacted air traffic …
Helicopter crash kills a senior Afghan general
KABUL: A senior Afghan Army general was killed Thursday in a helicopter crash in western Afghanistan, and two British soldiers died in a blast in the south on Wednesday, officials said. The general, Fazaludin Sayar, one of four regional commanders, …
Deaths as Indonesian ferry sinks
At least six people have been killed after an Indonesian ferry carrying hundreds of people sank off Sulawesi island. “Eighteen of the more than 260 aboard the Teratai Prima were rescued, but bad weather and nightfall have complicated search efforts …
Chaos as bad weather strikes
EIGHTY thousand homes were without electricity this morning and two people have died after bad weather hit across France. Heavy snowfall continues to affect the Massif Central and severe downpours have hit the south east. Four departments will remain under …