Yonhap News Agency reported on the 29th that a plane crashed at Muan Airport in South Korea, killing and injuring at least 23 people at the scene of the accident.
On December 26, according to a report by the Kazakh National News Agency on the night of December 25, a spokesperson for the Kazakh Transport Prosecutor's Office said that the black box of the crashed passenger plane had been found.
On December 25, Kazakhstan's Ministry of Emergency Situations confirmed that a plane flying from Baku to Grozny had crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan. Kazakh authorities said preliminary information indicated that there may have been survivors in the crash. The crashed plane belonged to Azerbaijan Airlines.
According to Russia Today, 67 passengers and five crew members were on board the plane that crashed in Aktau, Kazakhstan.
On December 8, according to a report by Reuters on December 8, flight tracking website Flightradar data showed that a Syrian Airlines Il-76 (call sign SYR9218) took off from Damascus airport when the capital Damascus was rumored to be occupied by rebel forces. The plane initially flew to the Syrian coastal area, which is the base camp of Assad's Alawite faction, but suddenly turned around halfway, flew in the opposite direction for a few minutes, and eventually disappeared from the map. Reuters ...
Witnesses say a plane has crashed at Tribhuvan Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal.