This is Beirut, 30/01 15:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Washington Plane Crash Potomac
US officials said Thursday there were likely no survivors after a passenger jet carrying 64 people collided in midair with a military helicopter and crashed into the icy waters of Washington's Potomac river. "We are now at a point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation," Washington Fire Chief John Donnelly told ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-29 15:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Vladimir Putin Russia crash plane Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Sunday demanded that Russia admit that it fired at an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet before it crashed, accusing Moscow of initially trying to cover up the cause of the fatal disaster. Aliyev made the accusation in an interview to state media at Baku airport four days after the AZAL Embraer 190 plane ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-28 16:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Vladimir Putin Russia plane Azerbaijani
Russian leader Vladimir Putin told his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, on Saturday that Russian air defense systems were active when an Azerbaijani Airlines plane attempted to land in Grozny before it crashed, according to the Kremlin. Putin called Aliyev as speculation grew that Russian air defense may have accidentally shot down the ...