Plane crash

Boeing shares fall 8% after Air India plane crashes

Aviation tracking site Flightradar24 said the plane was a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

Update 5 / India plane crash death toll revised to 240 after 'double-counting'

It’s the first Dreamliner crash since its 2011 commercial debut, says Aviation Safety Network

Plane collides with military helicopter near Washington airport, 18 bodies found so far

The regional passenger plane from Kansas crashed into Potomac River after the mid-air collision

Fiery crash kills at least 174 in worst airline disaster in South Korea

It is the deadliest air accident ever on South Korean soil, and the worst involving a South Korean airline in nearly three decades

38 die in Kazakhstan plane crash

An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet crashed yesterday in western Kazakhstan, killing 38 of the 67 people on board, officials said.

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.

March 19, 2016
March 19, 2016

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.

March 9, 2016
March 9, 2016

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.

February 26, 2016
February 26, 2016

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.

February 24, 2016
February 24, 2016

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.

December 22, 2015
December 22, 2015

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.

November 6, 2015
November 6, 2015

Russian plane crash: UK suspects bomb was placed in hold

UK investigators looking at what caused a Russian airliner to crash in Egypt believe a bomb was put in the hold prior to take-off.

October 30, 2015
October 30, 2015

15 hurt after plane engine catches fire in Florida

Fifteen people are injured when a plane's engine caught fire as it taxied for take-off from an airport in Florida.

October 2, 2015
October 2, 2015

11 dead in Afghan plane crash

At least 11 people have died after a US Hercules aircraft crashed at an airport in Afghanistan, the US military says.

August 4, 2015
August 4, 2015

More MH370 debris found on Reunion island

Malaysian aviation officials said an airplane wing part found last week on the remote Indian Ocean island of Reunion came from the same type of aircraft as Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, raising hope it may offer clues to solving the mysterious disappearance of the jet nearly 17 months ago.

August 2, 2015
August 2, 2015

MH370 search: 'Second plane part' found on Reunion

A second piece of suspected plane debris is found on the shore of the Indian Ocean island of Reunion.