Boeing 737-800 evacuated after flat tire on landing in southern Türkiye

STORY: Boeing 737-800 evacuated after flat tire on landing in southern Türkiye SHOOTING TIME: May 9, 2024 DATELINE: May 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of a Corendon Airlines plane landing on the runway of Gazipasa Airport in southern Türkiye STORYLINE: A Corendon Airlines's Boeing 737-800 flying from Cologne, Germany, to Antalya, Türkiye, was evacuated on Thursday after experiencing a flat tire and damage to its front strut upon landing at Gazipasa Airport, according to the country's Transport and Infrastructure Ministry. The ministry said in a statement that all 190 people on board the jet airliner were safely evacuated following the emergency, which occurred around 11:00 a.m. local time (0800 GMT). There were no reported injuries among the passengers, and initial assessments indicate no damage to the runway. This incident follows a Wednesday event at Istanbul Airport where a cargo plane landed on its fuselage without causing any casualties. Xinhua New

Senegal airport says 11 people injured after plane skids off runway

STORY: Senegal airport says 11 people injured after plane skids off runway SHOOTING TIME: May 9, 2024 DATELINE: May 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: Dakar CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the accident site STORYLINE: Eleven people were injured, four seriously, after a Boeing 737 passenger plane skidded off the runway during takeoff Thursday morning, Senegal's Blaise Diagne International Airport said in a statement. Air Senegal flight HC301, heading for Bamako, Mali, "went off the runway during its takeoff phase" at around 1:00 a.m. local time, the statement said. It said that among the 78 passengers on board, 11 people were injured, four seriously. An investigation is underway to establish the causes of the accident, the statement said. The airport has since been closed. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Dakar. (XHTV)

New nuclear test monitoring system

New nuclear test monitoring system

VIENNA, Austria - Lassina Zerbo (C), executive secretary of the preparatory commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, and Toshiro Ozawa (R), ambassador at Japan's permanent mission to the international organizations in Vienna, attend a tape-cutting ceremony during an event marking the launch of a new system to detect radioactive substances from nuclear tests in Vienna, Austria, on Nov. 26, 2013. The new system for Atmospheric Transport Modeling has been installed at the headquarters of the preparatory commission through Japan's contribution of around $737,000, according to the commission.

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.

DNA testing of 132 victims of China's plane crash completed: official

STORY: DNA testing of 132 victims of China's plane crash completed: official DATELINE: March 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:43 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue work 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHU TAO, Official of Civil Aviation Administration of China 3. various of the rescue work STORYLINE: All 132 victims of the China Eastern Airlines plane crash have been identified through DNA testing, an official told a press briefing Monday. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHU TAO, Official of Civil Aviation Administration of China "All 132 victims have been identified through DNA testing. We are gradually improving the plans and procedures for the handover of the remains and belongings of the victims." The China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft, which departed from Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province and was bound for Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, crashed into a mountainous area in Tengxian County, Guangxi at around 2:38 p.m. on March 21. Xinhua News Agency

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.