CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Rescuers are seen around the wreckage of an Algerian army plane which crashed near the Boufarik airbase from where the plane had taken off on April 11, 2018. The Algerian military plane crashed and caught fire killing 257 people, mostly army personnel and members of their families, officials said.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Tenerife Airport Disaster (1977) The deadliest accident in aviation history, where around 583 passengers on board were killed. The incident took place after the plane captain, mistakenly believing that he had been cleared for takeoff, went ahead.

Detailed explanation-3: -The plane coming from Dubai had overshot the runway at Kozhikode airport and later broke into pieces. There were 186 people onboard the ill-fated aircraft; 21 people, including pilot and co-pilot, were killed in the mishap. The remaining 165 people onboard the flight, including passengers and cabin crew, were rescued.

Detailed explanation-4: -A Navy training plane with two pilots aboard crashed near Foley, Alabama, the sea service confirmed in a statement Tuesday. Lt. John Lobkowicz, a spokesman for the Navy, told Military.com that the plane–a T6-B Texan II–took off from Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Florida, on Tuesday morning.

Detailed explanation-5: -The plane crashed in a forested area as it was coming in for a landing at the Kubinka airfield 45 kilometers (28 miles) west of Moscow, killing all three crew members on board, Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation told the Tass news agency.