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Pilot for Sala didn't have commercial licence

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) confirmed David Ibbotson held a private pilot's licence.

Its interim report said he could only fly passengers in the EU on a cost sharing basis, not for reward.

Cardiff City said it had "grave concerns" and questions over the validity of the pilot's licence.

Investigators have not yet been able to establish what arrangement Mr Ibbotson had with Sala, and the status of 59-year-old's licence at the time of the crash on 21 January will form part of the AAIB's investigations.

Airliner crashes in Durango after take-off in Mexico

Aeroméxico flight AM2431 was flying from Guadalupe Victoria International Airport to Mexico City.

Local media report the crash happened five minutes after take-off, and that passengers were seen walking to a nearby road to seek help.

Durango state governor José Aispuro wrote on Twitter that there were no official figures on casualties.

Aeroméxico also wrote on Twitter, saying that it was working to get more information.

Emergency services are already at the scene, with footage showing smoke billowing from the aircraft.

The plane was an Embraer 190.

65 feared dead in Iranian plane crash

A spokesman for Iranian carrier Aseman Airlines had told state television on Sunday everyone was killed, but the airline then issued a statement saying it could not reach the crash site and could not "accurately and definitely confirm" everyone had died.

The airline had also initially said 60 passengers and six crew were on board the twin-engined turboprop ATR 72 that was flying to the southwestern city of Yasuj. But it later said there were a total of 65 people on board, as one passenger had missed the flight.

Melbourne plane crash: Airport reopens as investigation begins

Four US tourists and an Australian pilot died after their light plane came down on a shopping centre on Tuesday.

It had just taken off from the small Essendon Airport, which reopened on Thursday. The nearby shopping centre remains closed "until further notice".

Safety officials said they would investigate with "an open mind" and make a preliminary report next month.

The 15-year-old girl who was sitting on top of the bomb that brought down Russian jet over Egypt

Holidaymaker Maria Ivleva would have been killed instantly by the huge explosion just centimetres beneath her.

Reports in Russia say the device - which killed 224 people on October 31 - was likely to have been planted under seat 31A, where Miss Ivleva was sitting.

The teenager from St Petersburg had been on holiday in Sharm El Sheikh with her 44-year-old mother Marina, who was sitting in seat 31B.

There is no suggestion that any of the Russian tourists were suicide bombers.

Sinai plane crash: 'No SOS call' before disaster

Initial reports from Egypt said the pilot of the Kogalymavia airline had asked to make an emergency landing.

But minister Hossam Kamal said there had been no sign of any problems on board the flight.

Lufthansa and Air France-KLM said they would avoid the route while the cause of the crash was investigated.

A claim by a group allied to the so-called Islamic State (IS) in Sinai that it brought down the plane has been dismissed by Russia and Egypt.