Symposium on aircraft accident victims' families

Symposium on aircraft accident victims' families

Kuniko Miyajima (2nd from L), who leads an association of relatives of the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash, speaks at a symposium on assistance for aircraft accident victims and their families organized by the International Civil Aviation Organization in Haarlem, the Netherlands, on Nov. 26, 2024. Miyajima, 77, lost her 9-year-old son in the world's worst single-aircraft accident that killed 520 passengers and crew.

Trudeau Attends The Mela Gadri Babian Da Festival - Canada

Trudeau Attends The Mela Gadri Babian Da Festival - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks with his RCMP security detail as he arrives to greet attendees at the 28th annual Mela Gadri Babian Da festival, commemorating 77 years since people of South Asian descent won the right to vote in Canada, in Surrey, B.C., Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. Trudeau was also presented a certificate of appreciation by the Professor Mohan Singh Memorial Foundation for the Komagata Maru formal apology that was delivered in the House of Commons in 2016. The photographs displayed are of Joseph Edward Bird, right, a lawyer who represented the passengers on the Komagata Maru, and Darshan Singh Canadian, second right, a Sikh trade union activist, and the artwork at left depicts Babbar Karam Singh. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Chinese airplane makes emergency landing in Fukuoka

Chinese airplane makes emergency landing in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - A China Eastern Airlines jetliner bound from Shanghai for the city of Fukushima in Fukushima Prefecture made an emergency landing on June 1 at Fukuoka airport due to engine trouble, the Transport Ministry says. The Boeing 737 with 77 passengers and 11 crew members aboard landed at the airport, in southwestern Japan, at around 12:35 p.m. No one was injured, according to police.

Relatives commemorate victims on JAL jumbo crash anniversary

Relatives commemorate victims on JAL jumbo crash anniversary

Masanori Takishita (R), 77, and his wife Fumiyo, 74, from Tokyo, climb a mountain in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, toward Osutaka Ridge on Aug. 12, 2017, the 32nd anniversary of the world's deadliest single-aircraft accident that claimed the lives of 520 crew and passengers. Among the victims was their 11-year-old son Hiroshi, who was traveling alone aboard the Japan Airlines jetliner that crashed on the ridge in 1985. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Chinese airplane makes emergency landing in Fukuoka

Chinese airplane makes emergency landing in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - A China Eastern Airlines jetliner bound from Shanghai for the city of Fukushima in Fukushima Prefecture made an emergency landing on June 1 at Fukuoka airport due to engine trouble, the Transport Ministry says. The Boeing 737 with 77 passengers and 11 crew members aboard landed at the airport, in southwestern Japan, at around 12:35 p.m. No one was injured, according to police.