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Philippines allows phone use on planes The Philippines' civil aviation authority said Tuesday it would allow passengers to use mobile phones and laptops to make calls and access the Internet during flights.

31 December 2013

23 killed in fire on train in southern India: TV A fire on an overnight train killed at least 23 people Saturday in southern India as it ripped through a carriage packed with sleeping passengers, local television networks reported.

28 December 2013

BA airplane wing strikes Johannesburg airport building A British Airways airplane carrying 202 people struck an office building at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport with its wing while taxiing for take-off Sunday, injuring four.

24 December 2013

Thirty Haitians dead after ship capsizes in Bahamas: US About 30 Haitian migrants died after an overloaded freighter capsized in the Bahamas and 110 others were rescued in rough seas, the US Coast Guard said Tuesday.

27 November 2013

Passenger jet crashes in Russia, killing 50 A Boeing 737 operated by a Russian airline crashed on Sunday while attempting to land in the city of Kazan, killing all 50 on board.

18 November 2013

Two hundred missing in Philippine ferry disaster Philippine rescuers searched Saturday for more than 200 people missing after a ferry collided with a cargo ship in thick darkness and sank almost instantly

17 August 2013

Asiana passengers file lawsuit against Boeing A group of 83 passengers aboard an Asiana Airlines flight which crash-landed in San Francisco has filed a lawsuit seeking millions from the aircraft's manufacturer Boeing.

17 July 2013

Singapore airport handles record 51 mn passengers Singapore's Changi Airport said Thursday it had enjoyed its busiest year in 2012, handling a record 51.2 million passengers, underscoring its position as a regional aviation hub.

01 February 2013

An-24 and Yak-40 planes will be banned in Kazakhstan starting from November Chairman of Kazakhstan's Civil Aviation Commission gave statistics of passenger air traffic in Kazakhstan.

08 October 2012

Bus stations to change locations in Kazakhstan The routes and locations of bus stations will be reviewed in line with the general plans of the cities of Kazakhstan.

20 June 2012

Runways expose passengers to danger in some Kazakhstan cities The aircrafts land on worndown runways exposing passengers to danger in Kostanay, Petropavlovsk, Semey, Taldykorgan and Taraz: MP.

12 June 2012

Almaty private bus companies are afraid of satellite monitoring Transport and Communications Institute plans to introduce a satellite monitoring system to check bus routes timekeeping.

17 January 2012

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