Thai plane skids off runaway into control tower, pilot dies

A Bangkok Airways plane is seen after it skidded off the runway while attempting to land on Samui island, Thailand, Tuesday

A plane skidded off the runway and crashed into an air traffic control tower after landing on the Thai resort island of Samui on Tuesday, killing the chief pilot and injuring 34 people on board, an official said.

The co-pilot and six others were severely injured after the Bangkok Airways flight landed in…

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Air France jet may have ‘disintegrated in mid-air’

A Brazilian Air Force plane lands during search operations for the missing Air France jet off the north-east coast of Brazil June 8

Two pieces of new evidence have suggested that the Air France jet broke up mid-air in minutes, rather than in one catastrophic incident.

Searchers in the Atlantic fear…            

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‘Debris didn’t belong to Air France jet’

A French aircraft lands at a military base after search operations for the missing Air France plane, in Natal, Brazil, June 4

None of the debris recovered during a search for the wreckage of an Air France Airbus 330 that went missing off Brazil’s northeast coast belonged to the aircraft, Brazil’s Air Force chief said.

See pictures: Scenes after Air France plane went down into Atlantic

‘We confirm that the objects are not from the wreckage of the plane… it is more likely to be…

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Debris confirms crash of Air France Flight 447

This aerial view shows the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, north-east of Brazil, Tuesday

Military planes and ships struggled through high seas and heavy winds Wednesday toward the bobbing wreckage of an Air France jet, while an investigator said the black boxes may never be found in the depths of the Atlantic.

Rescue boats from several nations were sailing toward the site to start the recovery as aviation experts tried to determine why the plane carrying…

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Air France plane, with 228 on board, goes missing

This undated file photo made available by Airbus shows an Airbus A330-200 jetliner from Air France

An Air France jet carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris lost contact with air traffic controllers over the Atlantic Ocean, an Air France official said Monday. Brazil immediately began a search mission off its northeastern coast.

Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330, was carrying 216 passengers and 12 crew members, company spokeswoman Brigitte Barrand said. The flight left Rio on Sunday at 7 p.m. local time.

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