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.

June 30, 2015
June 30, 2015

116 dead in Indonesia military plane crash

At least 116 people die when an Indonesian air force transport plane crashes into a major city shortly after take-off and exploded in a fireball.

June 29, 2015
June 29, 2015

Plane crashes into US home, killing 3 aboard

A small plane crashes into a house Sunday evening, killing three people on board, police said, but residents managed to flee as fire engulfed the home.

June 26, 2015
June 26, 2015

9 dead in Alaska sightseeing plane crash

A sightseeing plane crashes in southeast Alaska Thursday killing all nine people onboard, US police have said.

June 25, 2015
June 25, 2015

Mother, baby survive Colombia jungle plane crash

A young mother and her baby are found alive five days after their plane crashed in the jungle of western Colombia.

May 8, 2015
May 8, 2015

Norway, Philippines envoys killed in Pakistan air crash

The ambassadors of Norway and the Philippines are among six people killed Friday when helicopter carrying them crashed into a school in northern Pakistan.

April 3, 2015
April 3, 2015

Rajshahi plane crash: All operations suspended for indefinite period

Two days into crash of its plane that killed trainee pilot Tamanna in Rajshahi, Bangladesh Flying Academy suspends all its operations there for indefinite period.

April 2, 2015
April 2, 2015

Rajshahi plane crash: Injured instructor flown to Singapore

Chief instructor of Bangladesh Flying Academy, who was wounded in a plane crash in Rajshahi yesterday, was flown to Singapore from Combined Military Hospital of Dhaka for better treatment.

April 1, 2015
April 1, 2015

Plane crash in Rajshahi kills female pilot

A female trainee pilot dies as a training aircraft of a flying institute crashed on the runway of Shah Makhdum Airport in Rajshahi this afternoon.

March 28, 2015
March 28, 2015

Germanwings co-pilot knew French Alps

The co-pilot suspected of crashing a German airliner into the French Alps, killing himself and 149 others, knew the region from gliding holidays

March 25, 2015
March 25, 2015

Damaged black box, 2 minutes key clues in Alpine jet crash

A cockpit voice recorder badly damaged when a German jetliner smashed into an Alpine mountainside and a crucial two-minute span when the pilot lost contact are vital clues into what caused the plane to go down, killing all 150 people on board