South Afghanistan plane crash kills four Isaf personnel

A plane has crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing four military personnel, the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) says.

A spokesman said the cause of the crash was being investigated, but initial reports suggested there was no militant activity in the area at the time.
Posted by Unknown 4/28/2013

A jet lands in sea off Bali Indonesia. Miracle as 101 passengers survive

 A passenger jet has ended up in the sea off the Indonesian island of Bali after missing Denpasar airport runway but everyone aboard survived.

Fifteen people were taken to hospital after the crash, which involved an Indonesian Lion Air plane carrying 101 passengers and seven crew.

Photos posted on Twitter show a jet with a cracked fuselage sitting in water near rocks, with dinghies nearby.

The Boeing 737 was on a domestic flight from Bandung in West Java.

It missed the runway by about 50m (yards) and landed in the ocean nearby.

"The aircraft was in landing position when suddenly I saw it getting closer to the sea, and finally it hit the water," Dewi, a passenger who sustained head wounds in the crash, told the Associated Press news agency.

"All of the passengers were screaming in panic in fear they would drown. I left behind my belongings and went to an emergency door. I got out of the plane and swam before rescuers jumped in to help me."
Posted by Unknown 4/13/2013