Category: Aviation

Plane Crash Kills 19, Throws Tanzania Into Mourning

ADEOLA YUSUF

How 24 survivors were rescued from Lake Victoria – Official   The Tanzanian passenger plane that crashed on Sunday claimed 19 lives as of the time of filing this report while 24 survivors were rescued. This was confirmed by Precision Air, Tanzania’s largest privately-owned airline, in a statement issued shortly after the crash which had been blamed on bad weather. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Passenger Plane Crashes Into Water BREAKING: ASUU Mulls Fresh Nationwide Strike 100 Nigerian Children Die Hourly From Malnutrition – UNICEF Why We Paid Half October Salary To…

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BREAKING: Passenger Plane Crashes Into Water

ADEOLA YUSUF

Police confirm, begin seach and rescue operations for passengers A domestic passenger plane has plunged into Lake Victoria in Tanzania early on Sunday due to bad weather shortly before landing in the northwestern city of Bukoba, police said, adding that rescue efforts were underway. “There was an accident involving a Precision Air plane which crashed into water about 100 metres from the airport,” regional police commander William Mwampaghale told reporters at Bukoba airport. No information was immediately available on the number of passengers aboard the plane, but local media reports…

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Nigerian-Born Lady Promoted To Brig. General In US Army + PHOTOS

ADEOLA YUSUF

A Nigerian woman Amanda Azubuike has been promoted to Brigadier General of the United States Army at a military base in Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA. Azubuike was born in London, United Kingdom, to Nigerian parents, and joined the US Army in 1994 where she rose to the position of an aviator after passing the Army Aviation Officer Basic Course. The US Army Futures Command Commander, General James Rainey, showered accolades on Azubuike’s quality leadership traits saying she “makes everyone around her better.” After her aviation career, which ran through 11…

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Passengers Stranded, Meetings Cancelled As Workers Shut Lagos Airport

ADEOLA YUSUF

Aviation workers protesting the sacking of their colleagues have shut down the Murtala Muhammed Airport Lagos Terminal Two. The protesting aviation workers shut down the terminal over the sacking of their colleagues by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited. Passengers were stranded Tuesday morning as flight operations have been put on hold as a result of the protest. Details shortly…

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First Republic Aviation Minister Mbazulike Amechi Is Dead

ADEOLA YUSUF

A prominent member of the Zikist Movement and Nigeria’s first Aviation Minister, Chief Mbazulike Amechi is dead. Platforms Africa reports quoting a statement released on Tuesday by Ezeana Tagbo Amaechi on behalf of the family, that the nonagenarian died in the early hours of today, November 1, 2022. Until his death, Amechi, who hailed from Amihe village in Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, was a nationalist, and one of the very few surviving member of the Zikist Movement led by first President of Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe.…

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‘Passengers’ Demand for Airtravel Fast Ascending to Pre-COVID-19 Level’

ADEOLA YUSUF

Chief John Adebanjo, Chairman ATCT Group, in this Interview with newsmen at the launch of Eazi Travels at the Lagos Continental Hotel, speaks on how and why people can, with the scheme, travel now and pay later. Platforms Africa’s Ganiyu Amodu was there. Excerpts;   First tell us this Eazi travels, what is it all about and what value is it adding to travel locally and international? Thanks for having me here, we believe that Eazi travels is here to solve a problem. What are the problems? It fall out…

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Aviation Editor, Wole Shadare, Wins Aviator Africa Award In S’Africa

ADEOLA YUSUF

Shadare, a member and resource person on Platforms Africa forum, an e-community of intellectuals, opinion leaders and policy moulders in Africa, is a serial award winner   A veteran aviation journalist, Wole Shadare, has won the Aviator Africa Award In South Africa. Platforms Africa reports that Shadare, who edits the aviation page of New Telegraph, won the digital content category of the award. He announced this award on his verified Facebook page on Monday, pouring eulogies on those who voted him for the laurel. READ ALSO: Africa’s Aviation in Turbulence,…

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Eazi Travels: How Tourists, Others Can Travel Now, Pay Later – ATCT Boss

ADEOLA YUSUF

Eazi Travels, a web-based marketplace that would reach out to more travelers globally, has been launched in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital with revelations on problems the scheme has come to solve. Chairman ATCT Group, Chief John Adebanjo, told Platforms Africa at the Lagos Continental Hotel venue of the launch of Eazi Travels that there is also a hotel bouquet added to this and other packages. READ ALSO: Africa’s Aviation in Turbulence, Bumpy Flights Why Nigeria’s Local Aviation Doesn’t Run 24-Hour Operations – FAAN Dinka Ethnic Group: Tales of World’s Tallest…

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JUST IN: Plane Crashes, kills One, 9 Missing

ADEOLA YUSUF

One person has been reportedly killed, while rescue crews were searching for nine others after a small plane crashed along the coast of the US state of Washington on Sunday, the coast guard said. According to US news, the Coast Guard said it received a report of the crash around 3:11 pm (2211 GMT) and dispatched helicopters and boats to scour the area. Local search and rescue officials were also on the scene. “One deceased individual was recovered by crews on scene. Nine individuals remain unaccounted for, and a safety…

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Two Air France Pilots Exchange Blows Mid Air

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For fighting while flying the plane  thousands of feet above sea level,  Air France has suspended two pilots for unprofessional behaviour. The two pilots were said to have got into as an avoidable altercation while on the plane. READ ALSO: Ethiopian Airlines Plane Misses Landing After Both Pilots Fall Asleep Black Girls Fly Too: 21-Year Old Becomes Ghana’s Youngest Female Commercial Pilot Give Us Grandchild Within 12 Months Or Pay N364m Fine, Couple Sue Pilot Son NCAA warns pilots, airline operators over hazardous rainy season Management of Air France described their conduct as…

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