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Iran blames bad communication, alignment for jet shootdown
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Iran blames bad communication, alignment for jet shootdown

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A misaligned missile battery, miscommunication between troops and their commanders and a decision to fire without…
Pakistan to ground 150 pilots for cheating to get licenses
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Pakistan to ground 150 pilots for cheating to get licenses

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s state-run airline said Thursday it will ground 150 pilots, accusing them of obtaining licenses by having…
Pakistan plane with 107 on board crashes near Karachi
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Pakistan plane with 107 on board crashes near Karachi

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A passenger plane with 107 people on board crashed in a crowded neighborhood on the edge…
Airliner skids, breaks open in Istanbul; 3 dead, 179 injured
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Airliner skids, breaks open in Istanbul; 3 dead, 179 injured

ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish airliner skidded off a runway, crashed into a ditch and broke apart while landing in…
Recordings show Iran knew jetliner hit by a missile: Ukraine
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Recordings show Iran knew jetliner hit by a missile: Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A leaked recording of an exchange between an Iranian air-traffic controller and an Iranian pilot purports…
Aging Iran airliner crash-lands on highway, injuring only 2
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Aging Iran airliner crash-lands on highway, injuring only 2

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An aging Iranian passenger airliner carrying 144 people crash-landed on a runway and skidded onto a…
Canadian air tanker crashes while fighting Australia bushfires, 3 dead
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Canadian air tanker crashes while fighting Australia bushfires, 3 dead

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) – A Canadian-owned C-130 Hercules air tanker crashed while fighting bushfires in Australia’s alpine region on Thursday, killing…
Iran seeks help reading downed plane’s black boxes in new standoff
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Iran seeks help reading downed plane’s black boxes in new standoff

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said it had asked the U.S. and French authorities for equipment to download information from black…
Iran warns Europe as diplomat says officials ‘lied’ on crash
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Iran warns Europe as diplomat says officials ‘lied’ on crash

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president warned Wednesday that European soldiers in the Mideast “could be in danger” after three…
Video: Iran police shoot at those protesting plane shootdown
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Video: Iran police shoot at those protesting plane shootdown

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian police and security forces fired both live ammunition and tear gas to disperse…
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