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Benin accident: How aging runway, NAVAIDs ground Enugu aircraft

LAGOS – On the afternoon of July 23, 2026, as torrential rain lashed the Benin airport, an Enugu Air Embraer E170 carrying 63 passengers and five crew members came in on Flight 4264 from Lagos, ...
The death of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash on Wednesday, has left many shocked and reignited a long-simmering debate on the safety of small aircraft, which are ...
The global number of commercial jet aircraft accidents inched higher in 2022 to 25 incidents, including three that killed a combined five people, but last year’s accident rate still declined from 2021 ...
In the past decade, the National Transportation Safety Board has recorded more than 1,100 aviation accidents and incidents each year. They rarely involve commercial aircraft. Since President Donald ...