Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days agoAt least 29 dead after Russian military plane crashes in Crimea
A Russian Antonov-26 military plane crashed in Crimea, resulting in the deaths of 29 people.
U.S. Central Command, which oversees the Middle East, said the crash in western Iraq on Thursday followed an unspecified incident involving two aircraft in "friendly airspace" and that the other plane landed safely. The crash brings the U.S. death toll in Operation Epic Fury to at least 13 service members, with the seven others killed in combat.
A US military refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq on Thursday, in an incident US Central Command said involved another aircraft but was not the result of hostile or friendly fire. The United States has surged a large number of aircraft into the Middle East to take part in operations against Iran.
A plane with 15 people on board, including a Colombian lawmaker, crashed on Wednesday in a mountainous region near the Venezuelan border, killing all passengers and crew on board. There were two crew members and 13 passengers, including Columbian lawmaker, Diogenes Quintero, member of the House of Representatives for Catatumbo, the airline said. What we know about the Colombia plane crash The plane, operated by state-owned airline Satena, took off from the Colombian border city of Cucuta and was en route to Ocana.
A plane with 15 people on board, including a Colombian lawmaker, crashed on Wednesday in a mountainous region near the Venezuelan border, killing all passengers and crew on board, according to authorities in Bogota. Contact with aircraft lost minutes after takeoff The plane, operated by Satena, the state-owned airline, took off from the Colombian border city of Cucuta and was en route to Ocana.