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Charter plane crashes in Pakistan, no survivors (Reuters)

November 5th, 2010

Reuters - A small plane with at least 21 people on board chartered to international oil company ENI crashed after taking off from Pakistan’s Karachi airport on Friday, killing all on…

Plane with 68 aboard crashes in Cuba (Reuters)

November 5th, 2010

Reuters - A plane carrying 68 people crashed in a mountainous region of central Cuba after issuing an emergency call, state-run media said on Thursday, and there were no initial…

Afghan official: Cargo plane crashes near Kabul (AP)

October 12th, 2010

AP - A cargo plane crashed into mountains east of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Tuesday, an Afghan airport official said.

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Plane carrying 51 crashes in Venezuela; 36 survive (AP)

September 13th, 2010

The wreckage of an airplane of a state airline Conviasa is seen on the ground after it crashed about 6 miles (10 kilometers) from the eastern city of Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. The plane was carrying 51 people, and officials said at least 21 people survived.(AP Photo/Nicolas Serratto, Correo del Caroni)AP - A plane carrying 51 people crashed Monday in a steel mill yard in eastern Venezuela, killing 15 people on board, officials said.


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Official: Plane with 47 aboard crashes in Venezuela; 23 survive (AP)

September 13th, 2010

AP - A plane carrying at least 47 people crashed shortly after takeoff Monday in eastern Venezuela, and an official said at least 23 people survived.

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New Zealand skydiving plane crashes; 9 die (AP)

September 4th, 2010

AP - Nine people have died after a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company burst into flames and crashed Saturday near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand’s Southern…

UPS cargo plane crashes near Dubai airport (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

Smoke rises from the site of a cargo plane crash in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday Sept. 3, 2010. Officials say a UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board has crashed shortly after takeoff outside Dubai. There was no immediate word on casualties. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)AP - A UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board crashed shortly after takeoff Friday outside Dubai, officials said.


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Airport official: plane crashes outside Dubai (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

AP - An aircraft believed to be a cargo plane crashed Friday outside Dubai, an airport official said. There was no immediate word on casualties.

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Police: Plane crashes in west Congo, killing 19 (AP)

August 25th, 2010

AP - A passenger plane crashed Wednesday in western Congo, killing 19 people but police said there were two survivors.

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Jet misses runway and crashes in China, killing 43 (AP)

August 24th, 2010

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, the tail section of a plane sits amidst other wreckage of a reported plane crash at an airport in northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. According to Xinhua, the plane overshot the runway in Yichun city and burst into flames. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Guangfu) NO SALESAP - A Chinese passenger jet broke apart as it approached a fog-shrouded runway in the country’s northeast and burst into flames as it hit the ground Tuesday, killing 43…