Secretary of State Mike Pompeo briefs reporters about additional sanctions placed on Iran, at the White House, Friday, Jan. 10, 2019, in Washington with and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) The U.S. promised “appropriate action” Friday in response to its assessment that an Iranian missile was responsible for downing a Ukrainian jetliner

Rescue workers carry the body of a victim of a Ukrainian plane crash in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) SHAHEDSHAHR, IRAN — Dozens of Canadians were among the 176 people killed in a plane crash just minutes after taking off from the Iranian capital’s main airport,

In this handout photo provided by the Emergency Situations Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, police and rescuers work on the side of a plane crash near Almaty International Airport, outside Almaty, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 27, 2019. Almaty International Airport said a Bek Air plane crashed Friday in Kazakhstan shortly after takeoff causing numerous deaths.

Photo/Associated Pres/A Somali civil aviation official says at least 15 Qatar Airways flights have used Somalia’s airspace since Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations moved to sever links with the Gulf nation. Ambassador of Qatar to Somalia, Hassan bin Hamza Hashem, handed over the shipment to the Director-General of the Somali Civil Aviation Authority Ahmed

Photo/Reuters A Philippine Airlines flight bound for Manila suffered an apparent engine failure on Thursday shortly after takeoff from Los Angeles and made an emergency landing, authorities said. All 347 passengers and 18 crew aboard Flight 113, a Boeing Co 777 widebody, are safe, an airline spokeswoman said. Pilots of flight 113 declared an emergency

Kenya Airways The stowaway, who fell off a Kenya Airways plane moments before it landed at London’s Heathrow Airport in June has been identified. Sky News has identified the man as 29-year-old Paul Manyasi. About four months after the man fell from the sky, London police released an e-fit image of the stowaway in hunt

The United Kingdom has issued a travel warning to its citizens over the use of planes that operate at Wilson Airport in Nairobi following several mishaps. In a fresh travel guidance, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) urged Britons to review the safety records of aircraft that mostly serve domestic and regional routes—ahead of boarding.

Photo/Reuters Italy is set to ban flights by Iran’s Mahan Air, an Iranian industry official said on Saturday, as the United States seeks action against the airline accused by the West of transporting military equipment and personnel to Middle East war zones. Germany and France have both already banned flights by the airline, and Italian

Country’s quarterly tourism revenue up nearly a quarter year-on-year, says TurkStat Turkey’s tourism income jumped by nearly a quarter this July-September to $14.03 billion, the country’s statistical authority said on Thursday. The country’s tourism revenue soared 22% in the third quarter, up from $11.5 billion in the same period last year, TurkStat announced. “While 82.1%

Photo/Daily Nation/A Silverstone Air plane at the Eldoret International Airport on May 31, 2019. A plane operated by the airline was forced to make an emergency landing at the airport after a wheel dropped off midair on October 28. A Silverstone Air plane on Monday caused a scare after a wheel dropped off midair, moments