EgyptAir black box confirms smoke on board: Probe
Data from one of the black boxes of a crashed EgyptAir plane showed smoke alarms had sounded on board, while soot was found on the wreckage, an Egyptian-led investigative committee said Wednesday.
Jun 30, 2016, 01:26 AM IST
EgyptAir black box flight recorder has been repaired: Commission
A black box flight recorder of an EgyptAir plane that plunged into the Mediterranean last month has been repaired, Egypt`s investigation commission said Tuesday, prompting hopes it could provide clues on why the aircraft went down.
Jun 28, 2016, 05:04 AM IST
Egypt says it has found plane wreckage
Egypt says it has spotted the wreckage of the Egypt Air plane that crashed into the Mediterranean last month.
Jun 16, 2016, 02:33 AM IST
Migrant deaths in Mediterranean `hit 10,000`
Brussels has been seeking ways to clamp down on the Africa route after a deal with Ankara in March slashed numbers trying to cross from Turkey.
Jun 08, 2016, 08:48 AM IST
Migrant deaths in Med top 10,000 since 2014: UN
More than 10,000 people have died attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe since 2014, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Jun 07, 2016, 17:13 PM IST
117 bodies found off Libyan coast as boat carrying hundreds of migrants sinks
The two sinkings were the latest deadly disasters for refugees and migrants hoping to find better lives in Europe.
Jun 04, 2016, 00:00 AM IST
Over 100 migrant bodies washed up in Libya
The bodies of more than 100 migrants have washed up on a Libyan beach as a new migrant boat tragedy unfolded in the Mediterranean south of Greece today.
Jun 03, 2016, 21:25 PM IST
Bodies of at least 85 migrants washed up in western Libya: Red Crescent
So far this year more than 40,000 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa to Italy.
Jun 03, 2016, 04:34 AM IST
EgyptAir black box search zone narrowed after signal detected: Source
The search zone for the crashed EgyptAir jet has been narrowed to 2 km (1.24 miles) from 5 km after a vessel picked up a signal from one of the black boxes, an Egyptian source on the investigation committee said on Thursday.
Jun 02, 2016, 14:55 PM IST
More than 700 feared dead in recent Mediterranean crossings
Survivor accounts have pushed to more than 700 the number of migrants feared dead in Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks over three days in the past week, even as rescue ships saved thousands of others in daring operations.
May 30, 2016, 16:34 PM IST
Up to 700 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean this week: UN
Up to 700 migrants are feared to have drowned in deadly shipwrecks off the coast of Libya this week, the UN`s refugee agency said Sunday, citing survivor testimony.
May 29, 2016, 15:53 PM IST
More than 2,000 boat migrants rescued off Italy, 45 dead
It is not known how many people had been on board the boat before it began to deflate.
May 28, 2016, 03:30 AM IST
Deep-water search for EgyptAir black boxes to start soon
All 66 people on board the flight from Paris to Cairo were killed.
May 27, 2016, 03:35 AM IST
2,000 migrants rescued from Mediterranean: Italian coast guard
They did not give the nationalities of those saved, but most of the migrants who undertake the perilous journey in overcrowded vessels come from sub-Saharan Africa.
May 24, 2016, 06:41 AM IST
Egypt finds human remains and belongings from plane crash at sea
The navy was searching an area about 290 km (180 miles) north of the port city of Alexandria, just south of where the signal from the plane was lost early on Thursday.
May 21, 2016, 00:06 AM IST
Wreckage of EgyptAir plane spotted in Mediterranean
The Egyptian military said on Friday it had found parts of debris from the missing EgyptAir plane 290 kilometers north of the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria.
May 20, 2016, 14:41 PM IST
EgyptAir plane crash: Egypt hints at possible terrorist attack, air-sea search intensifies
Egypt`s aviation minister said that it was too soon to say why an EgyptAir plane flying from Paris to Cairo had vanished from radar screens.
May 20, 2016, 09:49 AM IST
Italy raises migrant boat`s cargo of death from the deep
Italy has begun the grisly task of raising a corpse-packed trawler from the seabed near Libya, a year after up to 800 migrants perished in the Mediterranean`s deadliest disaster since World War II.
May 12, 2016, 15:28 PM IST
Over 400 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean
Over 400 migrants were believed to have drowned in the Mediterranean on Monday after four boats capsized and another began to sink, according to reports.
Apr 18, 2016, 22:54 PM IST
Hundreds appear to have died in new migrant disaster: Italy President
Several hundred people appear to have died in a new migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean, Italian President Sergio Mattarella said on Monday.
Apr 18, 2016, 17:56 PM IST
