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Woman Dies Soon After Takeoff On British Airways Flight, Passengers Spend 13 Hours With Body On Plane
Despite the death, the pilots decided to continue the journey to Heathrow Airport rather than diverting or returning to Hong Kong.
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Paraglider Crashes After Take-Off In Himachal, Pilot Killed, Tourist Injured
An experienced pilot was killed when a tandem paraglider reportedly developed a technical malfunction shortly after take-off, lost balance mid-air, and crashed near the road below the launch site in Kangra district, officials said on Saturday.
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Indian-Origin Student Pilot Killed In Mid-Air Crash In Canada
An Indian origin student pilot was among the two people who were killed in a tragic midair collision involving two training aircraft in Canada on Tuesday, the Indian Consulate General of India in Toronto said on Wednesday.
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2 Killed In Mid-Air Collision Between 2 Planes In Kenya
A student pilot and instructor died on Tuesday when their aircraft collided with a passenger plane over the Kenyan capital Nairobi, police said.
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Co-Pilot In US Dies After Exiting Plane Mid-Air Without Parachute During Emergency Landing
In a chilling incident, a co-pilot of a small plane died on Friday after exiting the aircraft in North Carolina, US, before it made an emergency landing. His body was found in a backyard, about 48 kilometres south of the airport.
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Plane Crashes In Ottawa After Mid-Air Collision, Pilot Dead
The pilot of a small passenger plane died after colliding with another aircraft early Sunday and crashing into a field near the capital Ottawa, officials said.
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Captured, Tortured By Pak And Still An IAF Pilot: A Kargil Hero's Story
During the Kargil War in 1999, K Nachiketa was a 26-year-old fighter pilot assigned the task of hitting Pakistani posts in Kargil at altitudes in excess of 17,000 feet.
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Russian pilot dies of heart attack mid-flight
A pilot of a UTair Boeing 757 flying from Bangkok to Novosibirsk in Russia's Siberia region died as the plane was flying over China, officials said.
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Pilot who died on board had clean medical history
An Indian pilot with Qatar Airways died mid-flight due to a massive heart attack when the plane carrying 260 passengers was on its way to Doha from Manila, forcing the co-pilot to make emergency landing at the Kuala Lumpur airport.Ajay Kukreja, 43, who had been working with the airline for five years, was flying QR645 passenger plane when the trage...
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Qatar Airways captain dies mid-air
The captain of a Qatar Airways flight from the Philippines to Qatar died on Wednesday as it was in the air, forcing the plane to be diverted to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, the carrier said.The captain, a 43-year-old Indian national, complained of chest pain when the co-pilot requested an emergency landing. "Qatar Airways regrets to inform t...
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Woman Dies Soon After Takeoff On British Airways Flight, Passengers Spend 13 Hours With Body On Plane
Despite the death, the pilots decided to continue the journey to Heathrow Airport rather than diverting or returning to Hong Kong.
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Paraglider Crashes After Take-Off In Himachal, Pilot Killed, Tourist Injured
An experienced pilot was killed when a tandem paraglider reportedly developed a technical malfunction shortly after take-off, lost balance mid-air, and crashed near the road below the launch site in Kangra district, officials said on Saturday.
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Indian-Origin Student Pilot Killed In Mid-Air Crash In Canada
An Indian origin student pilot was among the two people who were killed in a tragic midair collision involving two training aircraft in Canada on Tuesday, the Indian Consulate General of India in Toronto said on Wednesday.
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2 Killed In Mid-Air Collision Between 2 Planes In Kenya
A student pilot and instructor died on Tuesday when their aircraft collided with a passenger plane over the Kenyan capital Nairobi, police said.
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Co-Pilot In US Dies After Exiting Plane Mid-Air Without Parachute During Emergency Landing
In a chilling incident, a co-pilot of a small plane died on Friday after exiting the aircraft in North Carolina, US, before it made an emergency landing. His body was found in a backyard, about 48 kilometres south of the airport.
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Plane Crashes In Ottawa After Mid-Air Collision, Pilot Dead
The pilot of a small passenger plane died after colliding with another aircraft early Sunday and crashing into a field near the capital Ottawa, officials said.
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Captured, Tortured By Pak And Still An IAF Pilot: A Kargil Hero's Story
During the Kargil War in 1999, K Nachiketa was a 26-year-old fighter pilot assigned the task of hitting Pakistani posts in Kargil at altitudes in excess of 17,000 feet.
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Russian pilot dies of heart attack mid-flight
A pilot of a UTair Boeing 757 flying from Bangkok to Novosibirsk in Russia's Siberia region died as the plane was flying over China, officials said.
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Pilot who died on board had clean medical history
An Indian pilot with Qatar Airways died mid-flight due to a massive heart attack when the plane carrying 260 passengers was on its way to Doha from Manila, forcing the co-pilot to make emergency landing at the Kuala Lumpur airport.Ajay Kukreja, 43, who had been working with the airline for five years, was flying QR645 passenger plane when the trage...
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Qatar Airways captain dies mid-air
The captain of a Qatar Airways flight from the Philippines to Qatar died on Wednesday as it was in the air, forcing the plane to be diverted to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, the carrier said.The captain, a 43-year-old Indian national, complained of chest pain when the co-pilot requested an emergency landing. "Qatar Airways regrets to inform t...
