Visiting European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) officials have asked Indonesian airlines and the government to improve the country's air transportation performance following a ban issued earlier this year, according to local media on Nov. 10.

A cargo plane crash landed and caught fire at Khartoum airport but no one was killed, civil aviation officials said on Nov. 8.

At least eight people were killed and a further three injured when a private jet crashed into a house in the city of Sao Paulo shortly after taking off on Nov. 4, said Brazil's Military Police.

On Nov. 1, two helicopters fell in the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo, with a 20 minute difference between them, killing two people in the afternoon.

Recent air disasters like the Garuda plane crash in Indonesia are expected to be examined at a Aviation Safety Conference starting in Canberra on Nov. 1.

On Oct. 27, a helicopter crashed into a railway track in Osaka Prefecture of Japan in the afternoon, killing the pilot and a passenger on it, Kyodo News said.

Kenya Airways pre-tax profit for six months up to September 30, has declined by 18.8 per cent.

On Oct. 11, a private plane crashed shortly after taking off from El Dorado airport in Bogota, capital of Colombia, killing seven and injuring more, local aviation authorities said.

The pilot of an Indonesian jetliner that crash-landed in March, killing 21 people, ignored repeated warnings that he was approaching the runway much too fast and should circle around again, an investigation found.

A fire plane crashed in a lake in Istanbul province of Turkey on Oct. 4, injuring three crewmembers, Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler said.