News of crash

Bitcoin sinks and approaches US$30,000

08-06-2021 17:00 The price of bitcoin fell sharply on Tuesday by 8.6% to a value of $31,501, a level not seen since mid-May, dragging other cryptocurrencies in its wake.

COURTS

Court confirms De Vido’s sentence for role in Once rail crash

23-12-2020 19:15 Fifty-one people, among them a pregnant woman, were killed and nearly 800 injured when a passenger train plummeted into the Once railway terminal during peak hour in Buenos Aires’ Balvanera neighbourhood on February 22, 2012.

helicopter tragedy

Banker Jorge Brito killed in Salta helicopter crash

20-11-2020 19:33 Banker, businessman and entrepreneur Jorge Brito, 68, killed in a helicopter crash in Salta, along with his pilot.

PLANE CRASH TRAGEDY

Man denies charges in connection with Emiliano Sala plane crash

26-10-2020 17:28 Man appears in UK court in connection death of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala in plane crash. David Henderson denies endangering the safety of an aircraft, and attempting to discharge a passenger without valid permission or authorisation.

PLANE CRASH TRAGEDY

Man charged over plane death of late footballer Emiliano Sala

15-10-2020 19:24 Britain's Civil Aviation Authority says it has charged man in connection with the death of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala in a light aircraft crash last year.

PLANE CRASH

Pakistan jet with 98 aboard crashes in crowded neighbourhood

22-05-2020 13:24 A jetliner carrying 98 people crashed Friday near the airport in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi after an apparent engine failure during landing. Officials said there were at least two survivors.

PLANE CRASH

At least two killed after air ambulance crashes near Esquel

06-05-2020 09:16 Pilot and co-pilot believed to have survived crash involving small Learjet 35A plane, which had been refitted for medical purposes.

Fight against virus

Famous Andes crash survivor building virus ventilators

27-04-2020 07:00 Uruguayan Doctor Roberto Canessa, one of the 16 survivors of an air plane crash in the Chilean Andes in 1972, has developed a rudimentary ventilator to help patients, partnering up with robotic engineers and doctors.

Argentina's downturn

Merval slumps 14% amid virus fears, country risk soars above 4,000 points

18-03-2020 18:03 As global markets take huge hits, benchmark Merval index of Buenos Aires Stock Exchange plunges more than 14 percent; Country risk rose to 4,040 points, a height not seen since June 2005.

BLOOMBERG

New investment: the latest victims of Coronavirus pandemic

12-03-2020 17:48 The fast-spreading coronavirus that has killed thousands, derailed financial markets and shattered global growth expectations could be about to claim another victim: new investment.

Bloomberg

Once deemed safe, Argentina’s oil bonds imperiled by price crash

12-03-2020 14:07 Oil-backed bonds in Argentina's Chubut province, once considered among the nation's safest assets, are being affected by the collapse of oil prices, impending sovereign debt talks and the province's own call for restructuring.

'Black Monday'

Buenos Aires Stock Exchange falls more than 9% on opening

09-03-2020 13:19 Country risk soars to near 15 year high of over 2,700 points, amid coronavirus fears and plummeting oil prices on a global "black Monday."

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Court orders ex-planning minister Julio de Vido's release

05-03-2020 14:11 Court orders veteran Veteran Kirchnerite official and ex-federal planning minister's release, saying he has been "detained for a period longer than the maximum legal term of two years."

Asleep at the wheel

Fatal accident on Buenos Aires bus leaves 2 dead, 14 injured

05-02-2020 17:11 The bus driver will be charged with aggravated homicide after falling asleep at the wheel.

BASKETBALL LEGEND

World mourns basketball legend Kobe Bryant after helicopter crash

27-01-2020 09:43 A five-time NBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist, Bryant is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players in history.

LATE ARGENTINE STRIKER

Fans pay an emotional tribute to Emiliano Sala, a year after he died

27-01-2020 09:21 Nantes fans pay emotional tribute to late Argentine, a year after the striker's death in a plane crash shook the world.

LATE ARGENTINE STRIKER

Emiliano Sala's family prepare for anniversary of striker's death

21-01-2020 09:17 The death of Cardiff forward Emiliano Sala in a plane crash a year ago will be marked by his family on Tuesday in "private, quiet contemplation of their loss", their lawyer said.

Chilean Plane Crash

Chilean plane that vanished en route to Antarctica found

12-12-2019 23:13 Chile's Defense Minister Alberto Espina said human remains have been found from a military aircraft that disappeared on a flight to Antarctica.The plane was carrying 38 passengers when it took off from southernmost Chile on Monday

Accident on Ruta 2

Bus driver in fatal school trip bus crash testifies before judge

29-11-2019 19:28 Driver of bus testifies in front of a judge, as investigators try to get to the bottom of tragedy which left two young girls dead and scores more injured.

EMILIANO SALA

Sala saga set to drag on as Cardiff appeal to CAS over FIFA ruling

02-10-2019 13:35 Cardiff said on Wednesday they would appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against FIFA's decision to make them pay Nantes the first instalment of the transfer fee for the late Argentine striker.

LATE ARGENTINE STRIKER

FIFA awards Nantes US$6.5 million from Cardiff in Emiliano Sala deal

30-09-2019 16:19 Nantes filed complaint when Cardiff disputed paying the 15 million pounds (about US$20 million) the clubs had agreed for Sala on January 19.

LATE ARGENTINE STRIKER

Two jailed in UK for leaking CCTV of Emiliano Sala's post-mortem

23-09-2019 14:37 Two people were jailed on Monday for illegally accessing CCTV footage of the post-mortem of late Argentine footballer, who died in a plane crash in January, and posting images online.

LATE ARGENTINE STRIKER

Emilano Sala exposed to harmful carbon monoxide in plane crash

14-08-2019 11:18 Late Argentine footballer and his pilot were exposed to dangerous levels of carbon monoxide before their small plane crashed in the English Channel, killing them both, British accident investigators said Wednesday.