Russian Passenger Plane Crash-lands After Catching Fire, 41 Passengers Killed

May 6, 2019 9News Nigeria 0

MOSCOW (9News Nigeria) – Forty-one people on board a Russian Aeroflot passenger plane were killed on Sunday, including two children, after the aircraft caught fire Read more

American Boeing 737 Plane Slides off Runway Into River, 21 Passengers Injured

May 4, 2019 9News Nigeria 0

Authorities in the southeastern U.S. state of Florida say a Boeing 737 skidded off a runway at Naval Air Station Jacksonville and slid into the Read more

A Two-Month-Old Baby Dies on Flight This Morning

April 22, 2019 9News Nigeria 0

A two-month-old baby girl has died on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Perth with the plane grounded for several hours as investigations took place. Read more

Ethiopian Airlines flight crashes with 149 passengers and 8 crew members, death reported

March 10, 2019 9News Nigeria 0

The Boeing 737 crashed en route to Nairobi, six minutes after taking off from Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa. An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Read more

Ethiopian Airlines Flight to Nairobi Crashes With 149 Passengers and 8 Crew Members Onboard

March 10, 2019 9News Nigeria 0

An Ethiopian Airlines flight between Addis Ababa and Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has crashed, Ethiopian prime minister’s office said on Sunday. “The Office of the PM, Read more

Nigeria Immigration Service, has allegedly rejected no fewer than 278 foreigners, from Lagos Airport for lack of entry visas

December 16, 2018 Juliet Obumuneme 0

The influx into the country, the Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command, Mr. Dikko Yashe, has said the Read more

Indonesian Lion Air flight with 189 aboard crashes into sea near Jakarta

October 29, 2018 9News Nigeria 0

JAKARTA (9News Nigeria) – An aircraft with 189 people on board is believed to have sunk after crashing into the sea off Indonesia’s island of Read more

Buhari Gets Positive Appraisals For New Port Harcourt Airport Terminal

October 25, 2018 9News Nigeria 0

Lizzy Ikuru/Port Harcourt The Federal Government has been commended over the completion of the Port Harcourt Airport terminal and its inauguration by President Muhammadu Buhari Read more

Zambia Airways To Function After 20 Years

August 21, 2018 Henry Enegede 0

Plans to revive Zambia Airways after 20 years have reached a concluding stage, as a result of deal with Ethiopian Airlines worth $30m (Âú24m). Africa’s Read more

Breaking: Mexico plane crash leaves 85 people injured

August 1, 2018 9News Nigeria 0

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Dozens of people were injured on Tuesday when a packed Aeromexico-operated (AEROMEX.MX) Embraer (EMBR3.SA) jet crashed soon after takeoff in Mexico’s Read more

PDP mocks Buhari, FG over Nigeria Air

July 21, 2018 Shom Akor 0

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Friday has asked President Muhammadu Buhari and the federal government to perish the thought of trying to use the ‘unveiling’ Read more

Reps To NCAA: Test Pilots For Alcohol, Drugs

July 20, 2018 Henry Enegede 0

The House of Representatives on Thursday warned pilots and crew members against flying under the influence of alcohol and other psychoactive substances capable of altering Read more

Making Air Transport Safe, Secure Is Our Target In Nigeria – Sirika

July 17, 2018 Henry Enegede 0

The Federal Government is on a resolve to making the air transport system in the Country the safest means of transport service, since it would Read more

National Carrier: ‘Hope as Nigeria Receives First Set of Planes’

July 10, 2018 Henry Enegede 0

Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has revealed that the December take-off date for Nigeria’s national carrier is achievable, as the country is expected Read more

AirAsia shares fall after chief apologises for backing Malaysia’s Najib

May 14, 2018 9News Nigeria 0

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Shares in AirAsia Group Bhd (AIRA.KL) fell as much as 10 percent on Monday in the first trading session since Malaysia’s Read more

Return of national carrier – Nigerian Airways?

April 27, 2018 Henry Enegede 0

The federal government has begun efforts to re-establish the national carrier, some 13 years after it liquidated the former national carrier, Nigeria Airways. The former Read more

Flying an aircraft is both demanding and rewarding – Ambrose

April 27, 2018 Henry Enegede 0

Ambrose Agbo Ojobo is a Nigerian trained pilot flying with Emirates Airlines based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and a subsidiary of The Emirates Group Read more

Delta Airlines launches nonstop service en-route Lagos – New York

April 21, 2018 Henry Enegede 1

Delta Airlines has launched a new nonstop service from Lagos to New York-JFK, linking the financial capital of Nigeria to the financial capital of the Read more

Passengers vacate their seats due to rats on Europe bound USA flight

April 15, 2018 9News Nigeria 3

WHEN is an empty row of seats on a long-distance flight not such a great find? When the row is empty because the previous passengers Read more

Nigerian man found dead in Ethiopian Airline plane to China

August 1, 2017 9News Nigeria 0

Chaos for travellers at Australia’s Airports after security crackdown on terrorists

July 30, 2017 9News Nigeria 0

Travellers have reported major delays at Australian airports in wake of a foiled alleged plot to “bring down” a plane in a terrorist attack. Four men were Read more

Australia thwarts “Islamic-inspired” terror plot to blow up plane

July 30, 2017 9News Nigeria 0

SYDNEY (9News Australia)- Security at all major airports across Australia has increased after police foiled a plot to “bring down” a plane in a terrorist attack. Read more

JUST IN : Invitation For The Nigerian College Of Aviation Technology (NCAT) Recruitment (Photos)

July 7, 2017 Uchenna Mbam 0

Information reaching 9NEWS NIGERIA news desk has it that Invitation for the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) recruitment computer base test (CBT) have been Read more

South African Airways gets state funds to avoid default

July 2, 2017 9News Nigeria 0

By Mfuneko Toyana JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African Airways (SAA) has been provided with state funds to help it repay loans of about 2.3 billion rand Read more

‘Bad Smell’: Barefoot flyer shamed by fellow plane passenger

June 30, 2017 9News Nigeria 0

A plane passenger has reportedly been shamed for kicking up a stink on a flight, after she rested her bare feet on the back of Read more

Buhari’s NAF 001 Jet enjoys only £1,000 daily for parking in London and not £4,000 – Presidency

June 29, 2017 9News Nigeria 0

Nigeria’s Presidency has responded to criticisms that NAF 001, the plane that took President Muhammadu Buhari to London on 7 May is piling up parking Read more

Black box from crashed Myanmar army plane retrieved

June 18, 2017 9News Nigeria 0

YANGON (Reuters) – Search teams retrieved the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from a Myanmarese army plane that crashed into the Andaman Sea Read more

Enugu airport manager disrupts Air Peace flight operations, calls Chairman riffraff?

June 9, 2017 Chigozie Ekwenye 1

Air Peace Airline flight operations at Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu was yesterday disrupted by the airport manager, Mr Mgbemena Orjiakor who wrongly stopped the Read more

15 people survive in Myanmar military plane crash

June 8, 2017 Chigozie Ekwenye 0

Fifteen passengers have reportedly survived a plane crash after military aircraft carrying more than 100 people vanished over Myanmar. Local media reported 120 servicemen and Read more

US Considering Laptop Ban on All International Flights

May 30, 2017 9News Nigeria 0

The U.S. Homeland Security chief says he’s considering banning laptop computers from the passenger cabins of all international flights to and from the United States. Read more