A suicide car bomb exploded at a security checkpoint outside a police station in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on 7 August 2019. The explosion happened in the early morning, in a Shia neighbourhood in western Kabul.
At least 14 people were killed and 145 injured, mostly civilians. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
Ural Airlines Flight 178
Ural Airlines Flight 178 was a scheduled passenger flight from Zhukovsky International Airport in Moscow to Simferopol in Crimea. On 15 August 2019, an Airbus A321 (VQ-BOZ) suffered a bird strike, which is when birds hit the engines of the plane. It happened after taking off from Zhukovsky and crash landed in a cornfield a few kilometers past the airport. Twenty-nine people were injured and no one was killed.
Moscow Domodedovo Airport
Moscow Domodedovo Airport (), formally "Domodedovo International Airport named after Mikhail Lomonosov" is an international airport located in Domodedovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is south-southeast from the centre of Moscow. Domodedovo is one of the four major Moscow airports, as well as one of the largest airports in Russia.
In 2017, it served 30,700,000 passengers, an increase of 7.6% compared to 2016, making it the second busiest airport in Russia after Sheremetyevo International Airport.
Following a 2019 naming contest and presidential decree, it became named after Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov.
Sheremetyevo International Airport
Sheremetyevo Alexander S. Pushkin International Airport ( "Sheremet'yevo Aeroport Mezhdunarodnyy imeni A.S. Pushkina") is one of four international airports that serves the city of Moscow. It is the busiest airport in Russia. Sheremetyevo was a military base which became a civilian airport in 1959, and in a 2019 contest, was named after Russian poet Alexander Pushkin.
The airport had six terminals: four international terminals (one under construction), one domestic terminal, and one private aviation terminal. It is located in northwest of central Moscow, in the city of Khimki, Moscow Oblast.
Zhukovsky International Airport
Zhukovsky International Airport , formerly (and still occasionally) known as Ramenskoye Airport or Zhukovsky Airfield (, Аэропорт Жуковский) is an international airport. It is located in Moscow Oblast, Russia 36 km southeast of central Moscow, in the town of Zhukovsky.
Official opening of the Zhukovsky International Airport took place on 30 May 2016 with declared capacity of the first stage of the airport of 4 million passengers annually.
Vnukovo International Airport
Vnukovo International Airport, formally "Vnukovo International Airport named after Andrei Tupolev", () , is a dual-runway international airport located southwest of the centre of Moscow, Russia.
It is one of the four major airports that serve Moscow, along with Moscow Domodedovo Airport, Sheremetyevo International Airport, and Zhukovsky International Airport.
In 2015, the airport handled 15.82 million passengers. It is the third-busiest airport in Russia.
Vnukovo is Moscow's oldest operating airport. It was opened and used for military operations during the Second World War, but became a civilian facility after the war.
In 1980, Vnukovo was expanded because of the 22nd Summer Olympic Games.
Mariscal Sucre International Airport
Mariscal Sucre International Airport () is the busiest airport in Ecuador and one of the busiest airports in South America. It is located in the Tababela parish, about east of Quito. It is the largest hub of TAME, the flag carrier of Ecuador, with an average of over 220 weekly flights.
It opened in February 2013. The airport is named after the Venezuelan independence leader Antonio José de Sucre.
Pichincha Province
Pichincha () is a province of Ecuador located in the northern sierra region; its capital and largest city is Quito.
The province is home to many rose plantations, which make up Ecuador's flower-culture industry.
Cotopaxi Province
Cotopaxi () is one of the provinces of Ecuador. The capital is Latacunga. The province has the Cotopaxi Volcano.
The province is divided into 7 cantons. The following table lists each canton with its population (per the 2019 census), its area in square kilometres (km²), and the name of the canton seat (capital).
Mojanda
Mojanda is an inactive stratovolcano of the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes in northern Ecuador. It has three crater lakes: Karikucha (the largest), Yanakucha, and Warmikucha.
Imbabura Volcano
Imbabura is an inactive stratovolcano in northern Ecuador. It has not erupted for at least 14,000 years, it is not thought to be extinct. Imbabura is capped with snow and has no permanent glaciers.
It is covered in volcanic ash. Maize, sugarcane, and beans are all crops of the region. Cattle are also an important commodity.
Cotacachi Volcano
Cotacachi is a dormant volcano in the Western Cordillera of the northern Ecuadorian Andes, in the west of Imbabura Province, above the city of Cotacachi. It has a summit elevation of above sea level and its highest elevations are capped with snow.
Imbabura Province
Imbabura () is a province located in the Andes of northern Ecuador. The capital is Ibarra. The people of the province speak Spanish and the Imbaburan Quechua language.
The summit of Cotacachi Volcano at an elevation of is north-east of the town of Cotacachi.
The province is divided into six cantons. The following table lists each with its population at the 2010 census, its area in square kilometres (km²), and the name of the capital.
Galápagos Province
Galápagos () is a province of Ecuador in the country's Insular region. It is located off the western coast of the mainland. The capital is Puerto Baquerizo Moreno.
The province has the Galápagos Islands, a group of tiny volcanic islands that sit on the equator.
The province is divided in three cantons, each with a number of islands. They are:
Guayas Province
Guayas () is a coastal province in Ecuador. It is bordered to the west by Manabí, Santa Elena, and the Pacific Ocean. With over 3 million people, it is the most populous province in Ecuador. The largest city of Ecuador, Guayaquil, is within the province.
The province is divided into 25 cantons. The following table lists each with its population at the time of the 2001 census, its area in square kilometres (km²), and the name of the canton seat or capital.
Esmeraldas Province
Esmeraldas () is a province in northwestern Ecuador. The capital is Esmeraldas.
The province is divided into 7 cantons. The following table lists each with its population at the time of the 2019 census, its area in square kilometres (km²), and the name of the canton seat or capital.
Antonio José de Sucre
Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá (; February 3, 1795 – June 4, 1830), known as the "Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho" (), was a Venezuelan independence leader. He was the fourth President of Peru and the second President of Bolivia.
Sucre was one of Simón Bolívar's closest friends, generals and statesmen. The city of Sucre, Bolivia's capital, is named for him, as is a state of Venezuela and a department of Colombia. The Mariscal Sucre International Airport of Ecuador's capital Quito are also named after him.
Ecuador’s former currency the “Sucre” was also named after him.
Sucre was shot and killed by multiple assassins on June 4, 1830 at the age of 35.
Tocumen International Airport
Tocumen International Airport () is the international airport of Panama City, the capital of Panama. The airport serves as the homebase for Copa Airlines. It is a regional hub to and from the Caribbean, South, North and Central America.
There is high terrain to the north of the airport. The Tocumen VOR-DME (Ident: TUM) and non-directional beacon (Ident: AT) are located just south of the field.
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