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The worst air crashes of recent years around the world

Authorities said that many people died when an Air India flight bound for London, with 242 passengers on board, crashed just minutes after it took off from Ahmedabad, a western city. This was the worst aviation accident in a decade. Here are some details about other deadly crashes that have occurred in recent years. UNITED STATES On January 29, more than 60 people died when an American Airlines regional jet collided into a U.S. Army Black Hawk chopper and crashed in the icy Potomac River, near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. SOUTH KOREA On December 29, 2024, the Jeju Air...

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The worst air crashes of recent years around the world

Authorities said that the death toll is expected to rise as an Air India flight bound for London, carrying 242 passengers, crashed shortly after it took off from Ahmedabad, a city in western India. Here are some fatal accidents that occurred in the last few years. UNITED STATES On January 29, more than 60 people died when an American Airlines regional jet collided into a U.S. Army Black Hawk chopper and crashed in the icy Potomac River, near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. SOUTH KOREA On December 29, 2024, the Jeju Air flight 7C2216 crash-landed at Muan Airport killing all...

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Ethiopian Airlines CEO: Ethiopian Airlines is considering ordering at least 20 regional jets

Ethiopian Airlines' chief executive said on Monday that the airline is planning to purchase at least 20 small regional jets or narrowbody aircraft to replace older aircraft and expand its domestic fleet. In an interview, CEO Mesfin Tassew Bekele stated that "we are evaluating three aircraft types, the E-2 by Embraer, A220 by Airbus and the 737 MAX 7 by Boeing." He added that the final order amount will depend on which type is chosen. Boeing's 737 MAX 7 has yet to be approved. It is a plane with a higher seating capacity, but it falls at the bottom of...

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Companies withdraw their guidance in the wake of Trump's tariffs

The tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed on April 2, and the pauses in some cases, have created uncertainty among companies around the world. Some of these companies have withdrawn or stopped giving financial guidance. This is a list that includes companies who have taken such steps: AUTOS & TRANSPORTATION AUTINS GROUP A UK-based company that sells car components delayed its release of market guidance for the month of April, citing uncertainty due to U.S. Tariffs. CUMMINS The U.S. truck engine maker withdrawn its annual forecast on 5 May. Ford The U.S. automaker suspended its annual guidance May 5 after...

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Companies withdraw their guidance in the wake of Trump's tariffs

The tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed on April 2, and the subsequent pauses in some cases, have created uncertainty among companies around the world. Some of these companies have withdrawn or stopped giving financial guidance. This is a list that includes companies who have taken such steps: AUTOS & TRANSPORTATION AUTINS GROUP A UK-based company that sells car components delayed its release of market guidance for the month of April, citing the uncertainty created by U.S. Tariffs. CUMMINS The U.S. truck engine maker withdrawn its annual forecast on 5 May. Ford The U.S. automaker suspended its annual guidance May...

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British Service - Jan 20

The following are the leading stories on the business pages of British papers. Reuters has not confirmed these stories and does not guarantee their precision. The Times - British transport operator FirstGroup is campaigning to avoid plans by the new transportation secretary to end private operations on the government's renationalised trains. - Plane is offering financial backing to secret suppliers to enhance production in 2025, after missing delivery targets last year due to supply chain disruptions, including concerns with engine provider CFM. The Guardian - UK medics carried out a groundbreaking operation, getting rid of a. formerly inoperable brain tumor...

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Nairobi Securities Exchange enables Kenya Airways shares to trade once again

Nairobi Securities Exchange has actually raised a suspension on trading shares of national carrier Kenya Airways, the bourse stated on Monday. The suspension on the trading of Kenya Airways PLC shares was lifted following the company's recent performance which saw the business record a profit after tax and the withdrawal of the National Air Travel Management Costs 2020, the bourse said in a declaration. Kenya Airways' shares were suspended from trading in 2020, when at the time the government had announced strategies to renationalise the airline company. The plan did not remove. Among Africa's three biggest carriers, Kenya Airways slid...

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Most significant air travel mishaps of 2024

The crash on Sunday of a Jeju Air Boeing 737800 in Seoul eliminated a total of 179 people in the deadliest air disaster on South Korean soil. Here are some of the biggest aviation accidents of 2024, in order of severity: SOUTH KOREA Jeju Air worldwide flight 7C2216, originating from Bangkok, Thailand, and directed to Seoul, crashed on Dec. 29, eliminating all 175 passengers and 4 of the 6 team. BRAZIL Voepass regional flight 2283, an ATR-72 turboprop stemming from Cascavel and directed to Sao Paulo, crashed on Aug. 11 in the town of Vinhedo, eliminating all 62 people on...

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Financial Times - Nov 28

The following are the leading stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has actually not confirmed these stories and does not attest their precision. Headlines - UK car insurance company Direct Line rejects ₤ 3.3 bn takeover offer by Aviva - Mauritius raises issues about UK strategy to cede sovereignty over Chagos Islands - UK watchdog fines former Wizz Air executive for trick share trading - Michael Ellam tapped up to be UK's next 'EU sherpa' Summary - UK vehicle insurance company Direct Line has actually turned down a takeover technique from Aviva, saying the cash and shares offer was highly...

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Portugal targets 2025 TAP sale as more than 12 potential purchasers reveal interest

Portugal's federal government prepares to resume the sale of flag provider TAP in 2025, the nation's. infrastructure minister stated, after receiving interest from more. than a dozen prospective buyers. A previous Socialist administration authorized the. privatisation of a minimum of 51% of TAP in September 2023, but the. sale did not go ahead as Portugal held a snap election in March. which was won by a centre-right alliance. We will start the procedure of privatising the company in. 2025 and, to that end, we have listened to all interested. celebrations, said Miguel Pinto Luz. The facilities minister told a parliamentary...

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United States judge to hold hearing on family objections to Boeing plea deal

U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor stated Friday he will hold a hearing on Oct. 11 to think about objections from family members of those eliminated in 2 Boeing 737 MAX crashes to the planemaker's arrangement to plead guilty to criminal fraud conspiracy. On July 24, the planemaker completed an arrangement to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud the Federal Aviation Administration and pay up to $487 million after breaching a 2021 delayed prosecution arrangement. Member of the family of a few of the 346 individuals eliminated in 2 Boeing 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019 argue the fine is...

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Ethiopian Airline companies says it has stopped flights to Eritrea

Ethiopia's stateowned carrier Ethiopian Airlines stated it has actually suspended flights to neighbouring Eritrea, mentioning unspecified hard operating conditions. Eritrea had previously said it would suspend all Ethiopian Airline companies flights at the end of this month. Flights from Ethiopia to Eritrea had resumed in 2018 after twenty years, following a peace offer and resumption of diplomatic relations between the two neighbours that made Ethiopia's. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed a Nobel peace prize a year later on. Five diplomats informed Reuters the suspension was a concrete. signal that the relationship in between Asmara and Addis had soured. considerably, but said...

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Mozambique's post-election protests hit South32 plant, chrome exports

South32 has withdrawn its output forecast for its Mozal Aluminium smelter in Mozambique amid postelection civil unrest, the Australian company said on Tuesday. October's challenged election outcomes triggered protests from opposition supporters and there has been intensifying violence considering that. South32, which has a 63.7% stake in the Mozal Aluminium smelter, stated the discontent had actually caused road clogs that have hampered the delivery of raw materials to the plant. It had actually formerly estimated output of 360 kilotonnes from the smelter this. The job contributed about 28%. of South32's overall aluminium output in financial 2024. South African mining business...

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Zimbabwe turns to personal companies to enhance freight rail volumes

Zimbabwe's stateowned railway operator has actually opened its network as much as private gamers, including an unit of South Africa's Grindrod, as it looks for to enhance freight volumes that had actually collapsed after decades of underinvestment, an authorities stated. National Railways of Zimbabwe hauled 12 million lots of cargo yearly at its 1990s peak, now handles less than 3 million loads owing to a lack of engines and bad upkeep of its rail infrastructure. The collapse also followed a sharp decrease in agricultural and mineral output, activated by the violent seizure of white-owned farms promoted by Zimbabwe's former leader...

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China, Tanzania, Zambia sign initial agreement on essential train job

China, Tanzania and Zambia signed an initial contract on a train job aimed at improving the railsea intermodal transport network in East Africa, Chinese state media said on Wednesday, President Xi Jinping experienced the finalizing of the memorandum of understanding on a Tanzania-Zambia railway project with the Tanzanian and Zambian presidents, who were in Beijing participating in the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, said broadcaster CCTV. China is willing to take this summit as a chance to make brand-new progress in the activation of the Tanzania-Zambia railway, work together to improve the rail-sea intermodal transport network in East Africa, and develop...

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Diplomat: US will continue to fund Angola's Lobito railway corridor despite cuts in spending

A U.S. Diplomat said that despite the aggressive spending cuts of President Donald Trump, the United States is committed to funding the Lobito Rail Corridor, which will help transport vital minerals from central Africa's copperbelt into the West. The U.S., through the International Development Finance Corporation (IDFC), set up in Trump's first year in office, has pledged $550 million in loan support for Lobito. Lobito is seen as a key component in countering Chinese control of copper and cobalt in the region. Trump's cuts in spending had caused concern for projects like Lobito, which plans to go to Angola and...

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Uganda signs rail building contract with Turkey's Yapi Merkezi

Uganda's government and Turkish building and construction company Yapi Merkezi signed a contract to build a 272 kilometre (169 miles) section of railway, in a bid to improve regional trade, a Ugandan authorities stated on Monday. Uganda's Requirement Gauge Railway project planner, Perez Wamburu, stated the arrangement was for the first area of a. prepared 1,700 km electrical railway. The job will increase trade and minimize transport expenses,. Uganda's works ministry permanent secretary, Bageya Waiswa, stated. at the signing event. He stated Uganda will use its own funds and credit from export. credit organisations to fund the task, which will...