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Kazakh Military Plane Crash in Almaty Kills 4

ALMATY—An An-26 military aircraft flying from the Kazakh capital, Nur-Sultan, crashed while landing in Almaty on Saturday, killing four of six people on board, the Central Asian nation’s emergencies ministry said. Russia’s Interfax news agency said citing a source that the plane belonged to Kazakhstan’s border guard service, part of the National Security Committee. “According…


Nigerian Air Force Passenger Plane Crash Kills 7 People

ABUJA—A small Nigerian air force passenger plane crashed just outside Abuja airport after reporting engine failure on Sunday, killing all seven people on board, the air force said. The plane, a Beechcraft King Air 350i, was on its way to the city of Minna, 110 kilometres (68 miles) northwest of the capital, said air force…


2 Air Force Pilots Dead After Military Plane Crash in Alabama

Two Air Force pilots were killed Friday night after a fighter jet crash near Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama. The military jet was headed from Mississippi’s Columbus Air Force Base to Tallahassee, Florida, when it crashed in a wooded area near the airport in Montgomery, its executive director Marshall Taggart told news outlets. The airport received alerts…