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At least 96 dead in Libyan plane crash (AP)

May 12th, 2010

Rescue teams search the site of the Libyan Afriqiyah Airways plane crash in Tripoli, Libya Wednesday, May 12, 2010. A Libyan Afriqiyah Airways plane with 104 people on board crashed on landing Wednesday at the airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli and a search and rescue operation was under way, the airlines said. (AP Photo/Abdel Meguid al-Fergany)AP - A Libyan Afriqiyah Airways plane with 104 people on board crashed Wednesday on approach to Tripoli’s airport, killing at least 96 people. A 10-year-old Dutch boy was the…

Libyan plane with 104 on board crashes in Tripoli (AP)

May 12th, 2010

AP - Spokesmen for Libyan-owned Afriqiyah airlines say a plane with 104 people on board has crash landed at the airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli.

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Airspace limits turn Zurich airport into small plane paradise (AFP)

April 18th, 2010

A car stops outside Zurich airport in 2009. A ban on commercial jets flying in Europe's ash cloud turned Switzerland's airport hub of Zurich into a a free playground for small plane fanatics.(AFP/File/Sebastien Bozon)AFP - A ban on commercial jets flying in Europe’s ash cloud turned Switzerland’s airport hub of Zurich into a a free playground for small plane fanatics.


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Investigators say no problems with Polish plane (AP)

April 12th, 2010

People place lighted candles and flowers for Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife in front of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, in Chicago, Saturday, April 10, 2010. Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and some of the country's most prominent military and civilian leaders died Saturday April 10, 2010 along with dozens of others when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog near Smolensk in western Russia. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)AP - Russian investigators say readings from flight recorders indicate that there were no technical problems with Polish President Lech Kaczynski’s Soviet-made plane that crashed, killing him and 95 other…

Poles grieve over president killed in plane crash (AP)

April 11th, 2010

Volunteers carry candles in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, April 11, 2010, after Polish President Lech Kaczynski died in a plane crash. Kaczynski, his wife and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday April, 10, 2010, when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia, killing 96. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)AP - Poland’s government moved swiftly Sunday to show that it was staying on course after the deaths of its president and dozens of political, military and religious leaders, even…

Poland Mourns a Plane Crash That Decimates Its Government (Time.com)

April 10th, 2010

People light candles and lay flowers in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, April 10, 2010, as news broke  about the death of Polish President  Lech Kaczynski . The  Polish presidential plane with Kaczynski and wife on board crashed near the airport in Smolensk, western Russia, early morning Saturday, April 10, 2010, killing all passengers.  (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)Time.com - The country launches a week of mourning, and says it will launch its own investigation


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Polish president dies in Russian plane crash (AP)

April 10th, 2010

Image from video footage shows a firefighter working to extinguish the flames from the wreckage of a Polish government Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft that crashed near Smolensk airport April 10, 2010. There were no survivors in the crash of the plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski in Russia on April 10, Polish state news agency PAP reported, quoting local officials in Smolensk. The Polish central bank governor Slawomir Skrzypek was also on board the plane, the bank's press office told Reuters. REUTERS/Handout (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS DISASTER TRANSPORT IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife died Saturday along with 130 others when their plane crashed while coming in for a landing in western Russia, officials said.


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Polish president’s plane crashes in Russia; 87 die (AP)

April 10th, 2010

AP - Officials say a plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife has crashed in western Russia and that at least 87 people have been killed.

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Solar-powered plane makes successful maiden flight (AP)

April 7th, 2010

The solar powered aircraft 'Solar Impulse' (HB-SIA prototype) with test pilot Markus Scherdel on board takes off for its maiden flight at the military airport in Payerne, Switzerland, Wednesday, April 7, 2010. The prototype with the wingspan of a Boeing 747 and the weight of a small car  started to a two-hour test flight to examine if the plane can keep a straight trajectory. The Solar Impulse project aims to circumnavigate the world with an aircraft powered only by solar energy. (AP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini, pool)AP - At the pace of a fast bicycle, a solar-powered plane took to the skies for its maiden flight Wednesday, passing an important test on the way to a…