Plane crash
Plane crashes in Nepal with 18 dead, pilot sole survivor
A passenger plane crashed on takeoff in Kathmandu on Wednesday, with the pilot rescued from the flaming wreckage but all 18 others aboard killed, police in the Nepali capital told AFP
Plane crashes in Nepal with 19 aboard, several dead
A plane crashed during takeoff in Nepal's capital Kathmandu on Wednesday morning with 19 people aboard, the Kathmandu Post newspaper reported citing an airport official
Death toll from Nepal plane crash rises to 68
At least 68 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, the country's Civil Aviation Authority said, in the worst air crash in three decades in the small Himalayan nation.
Congo plane crash death toll rises to 27
At least 27 people are killed, including some on the ground, when a small plane crashed into a densely populated neighbourhood in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, a rescue official says.
4 killed in Dubai plane crash
Three British people and a South African were killed in a plane crash close to Dubai airport, the United Arab Emirates' state news agency reports.
Ethiopian Airlines flight to Nairobi crashes, killing 157
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet to Nairobi crashes with 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard, the airline says, and there were no survivors, according to the state broadcaster.
Nigerian vice president safe after helicopter crash lands: spokesman
Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was safe after his helicopter crash landed in the north central state of Kogi, his spokesman says.
Fatalities on commercial passenger aircraft rise in 2018
The fatality rate on passenger jet aircraft worldwide jumped in 2018 after airlines recorded zero accident deaths on passenger jets in the prior year, according to a Dutch consulting firm and an aviation safety group.
‘Human error’ caused Cuba plane crash
A plane crash that killed 112 people in Cuba on May 18 was caused by human error, the Mexican company that owned the jet said Monday.
More than 250 killed in Algerian military plane crash: state TV
More than 250 people including members of Western Sahara’s Polisario independence movement are killed when a military plane crashes in a field outside Algeria’s capital, officials say.
4 Moldovans killed in Ivory Coast plane crash
Four Moldovan citizens were killed and two others were injured when a cargo plane chartered by the French military crashed into the sea near the airport in Ivory Coast’s main city, Abidjan, Ivorian and French officials say.
Reports say Messi and Argentina flew by the same LAMIA airlines flight two weeks ago
A charter plane carrying a Brazilian football team which crashed in the mountains in Colombia late Monday killing 76 people so far flew Lionel Messi and his Argentina national team two weeks ago, according to media reports.
1 dead as plane hits car on US highway
A plane has crashed on a California freeway, slamming into a car and killing one of the vehicle's passengers - years after being safely landed on the same stretch of road.
Canada plane crash on Quebec island kills 7
Seven people have died after a small private plane crashed on an island off the east coast of Quebec.
62 killed in Russia jet crash
All sixty-two people on board a flydubai Boeing 737 are killed as the plane crashes and bursts into flames while landing in Rostov-on-Don, in Southern Russia.
Cargo aircraft crashes in Bay, 3 dead
A privately-chartered cargo aircraft has crashed into the Bay of Bengal killing one person. Two others are missing while another has been rescued in critical condition. The crash site is about half a kilometre off Cox’s Bazar’s Nazirtek, at the estuary of the Bay and Bakkhali river.
Two die in Nepal's second plane crash in two days
Two people are feared dead after a small plane crashed in western Nepal today, an army official says, just days after 23 people are killed in a similar accident in the Himalayan nation.
Nepal passenger plane crash kills all 23 on board
Rescuers in western Nepal have found the wreckage of a passenger plane which went missing with 23 people on board.
10 killed as BSF plane crashes in Delhi
Ten people are killed when a small aircraft of India’s Border Security Force (BSF) crashes in Delhi. The plane, a Super King aircraft, was flying to Ranchi, capital of eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. The technicians said to have lost contact with ground control before the crash.