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Added on the 06/10/2023 12:55:24 - Copyright : Euronews EN
An airplane believed to be carrying Julian Assange is seen on the tarmac at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, after the Wikileaks founder reached a landmark plea deal with US authorities that brought an end to his years-long legal drama. IMAGES
Passangers arrive at Singapore Changi Airport after their Singapore Airlines flight hit severe turbulence that triggered an emergency landing in Bangkok, Thailand. A 73-year-old British man died and more than 70 people were injured Tuesday in what passengers described as a terrifying scene. An initial data analysis by the aviation tracking service Flightradar24 suggested the London-Singapore flight experienced more than one minute of extreme turbulence at around 11,300 metres (37,000 feet) over Myanmar, during which it violently rose and plunged several times. IMAGES
Images of wreckage on fire after plane with 72 people on board crashes in Pokhara, Nepal. "There are 68 passengers on board and four crew members... Rescue is underway, we don't know right now if there are survivors," Sudarshan Bartaula, spokesperson for Yeti Airlines told AFP. The plane crashed between the old and new Pokhara airports in central Nepal. IMAGES
French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s across Asia, boards a plane at the Kathmandu airport to be deported to France after his release. IMAGES
A plane set to carry asylum-seekers to Rwanda as part of a controversial UK policy is seen on the tarmac as the migrant rights group Care4Calais tweeted the flight is cancelled. IMAGES
A plane thought to be the one bound for Kigali as part of the UK government's controversial policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda waits at the Boscombe Down military air field. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss insisted the first flight to Kigali, believed to be operated by Spanish charter firm Privilege Style, would take off, no matter how many people were on board. Only seven people are now due to be deported because of legal challenges and reviews of their cases -- well down on the 130 initially envisaged by the authorities. IMAGES