MYSTERY surrounds the cause of a South Korean plane crash that has left 179 people presumed dead. A survivor has told rescuers smoke came from one engine before it exploded – with the pilot issuing a Mayday call just a minute after. 13 A white plume of smoke can be seen coming from the jet’s … Read more
THIS is the moment a passenger plane spat flames and sparks from its wing in a horror landing after its one of its wheels failed. It was one of two other landing horrors to happen on the same night as the devastating South Korea crash – which is feared to have killed 179 people. 10 The Air … Read more
THE bodies of a missing pilot and his passenger were discovered on Christmas Day in the wreckage of a horror plane crash. Authorities had been searching for Rodrigo Boer Machado, 29, after he took off on a routine flight on 20 December – and found his body five days later. 7 A video grab of … Read more
RUSSIA tried to cover up its deadly missile hit on a passenger plane by jamming its navigation systems, it was claimed yesterday. The move was to drive the stricken Azerbaijan Airlines flight away from Russian territory, hoping it would crash in the sea to thwart efforts to find what brought it… Russia ‘tried to cover … Read more
RUSSIA misidentified the Azerbaijan plane for a drone and shot it down with a missile, US intelligence believes. The Christmas Day disaster saw the aircraft explode into a fireball near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, killing 38. 9 The crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger planeCredit:… Russia ‘mistook Azerbaijan plane for drone & shot it down with … Read more
A BRAVE flight attendant of the doomed missile-blasted jet told terrified passengers that “everything will be fine”. Crew, including Captain Igor Kshnyakin and co-pilot Aleksandr Kalyaninov, desperately tried to save the plane after it was reportedly fatally struck by a missile over Chechnya,… How brave pilots battled to save Russian missile-blasted jet as crew told … Read more
A PILOT who died after a plane crashed near a Scots airport just days before Christmas has been named. Nicholas Denison-Pender, 50 has been identified as the pilot who died in the crash which took place shortly after take off from Fife Airport. 1 Nicholas Denison-Pender, 50, was the pilot who… First pic of pilot … Read more
A HORROR map shows the death spiral of the crashed passenger jet after reports say it was blasted by a Russian missile. The Christmas Day disaster killed 38 people after Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 carrying 67 exploded in a fireball near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan. 8 The Azeri Airlines… Horror map shows death spiral … Read more
RUSSIAN air defences shot down a passenger plane over Kazakhstan on Christmas Day killing 38 in a fireball crash, government sources have said. An Azerbaijani government investigation reportedly found the plane was hit by the Russian Pantsir-S air defence system. 4 Emergency specialists work at the… Russia ‘shot down plane’ in Kazakhstan killing 38 in … Read more
THIS is the horrific moment a passenger plane hit the ground in a fireball in a Christmas Day crash landing. There were 105 passengers and five crew members on board the fight from Azerbaijan capital Baku to Russian city Grozny. 4 The Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer E190AR crashes during an emergency… Horror moment plane with 110 … Read more