AU plane catches fire on landing in Mogadishu
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A Ugandan cargo plane carrying equipment and troops for an African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia caught fire as it landed in Mogadishu on Friday, witnesses said.
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An Air Mauritania passenger plane that was hijacked after it left the Mauritanian capital has landed in Spain's Canary Islands, according to Spanisn media reports.Comment
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A passenger jet was hijacked Thursday shortly after takeoff from Mauritania, but the incident ended after the plane landed in the Canary Islands, where it was raided by security forces and a suspect was ...Comment
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NAIROBI, Kenya - An explosion at an airport in Kenyaâs capital Sunday slightly injured two people and caused a fire that destroyed part of a departure lounge, police said.
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A hijacked Air Mauritania Boeing 737 passenger plane has landed on Spain's Canary Islands after making a fuel stop in Western Sahara, officials in Mauritania said on Thursday.
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A passenger jet from the Indonesian flag carrier Garuda burst into flames on landing in the central city of Yogyakarta on Wednesday, witnesses and reports said.
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Insurgents trying to attack African Union peacekeepers hit a restaurant in Somalia's capital Mogadishu with a rocket-propelled grenade, killing at least 11 people, residents said on Thursday.
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A plane's tyres burst on landing at Leeds Bradford Airport because of an error by the pilot, a report shows.
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Insurgents launched mortars at the airport as an African Union team left Somalia Wednesday, killing a 13-year-old boy and wounding three others, witnesses said.
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The Somali Shabeelle web site today reported under its "Breaking news" strapline that "two explosions have taken place near the SOS hospital in Mogadishu". It says it currently has no details concerning any damage or casualties.  (c) 2007 BBC Monitoring Newsfile.
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At least seven mortar shells were fired at Mogadishu's airport Monday during a welcoming ceremony as Ugandan peacekeepers arrived in the Somali capital, a journalist who witnessed the attack told CNN.
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An explosion killed two people and  wounded six on Thursday in the Somali capital Mogadishu,  diplomats based in neighboring Kenya said, adding they believed  the blast had probably been caused by a bomb.
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A passenger jet was hijacked Thursday shortly after takeoff from Mauritania, but the incident ended after the plane landed in the Canary Islands, where it was raided by security forces and a suspect was arrested, Spain's Foreign Ministry said.
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A plane with 147 people on board caught fire as it was landing Friday in Mashhad in northeastern Iran, killing 80 people, state TV reported.
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CALGARY, Alberta  - An Air Canada plane made an emergency landing at Calgary airport on Thursday after at least 14 passengers were injured, probably because of mid-air turbulence.
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More than a dozen mortar bombs were fired at Mogadishu's international airport on Tuesday shortly after Ugandan soldiers landed there as the vanguard of an African Union peacekeeping force, a Reuters reporter said.
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Two people have been injured in anexplosion occurred in a small airport in Kenyan capital Nairobi Sunday afternoon. Kenyan government said the explosion may be caused by inflammable objects.