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.

August 1, 2015
August 1, 2015

Bin Laden family 'on Blackbushe Airport crash plane'

Family members of Osama Bin Laden were on board a plane which crashed in Hampshire, says the Saudi Arabian embassy in the UK.

July 26, 2015
July 26, 2015

Tokyo plane crash leaves 3 dead

A small plane has crashed into a quiet neighborhood in Tokyo, leaving three people dead, five injured and burning down nearby houses.

July 24, 2015
July 24, 2015

MH17: Russia willing to find compromise on international tribunal

Russia is seeking a compromise despite its resistance against the establishment of the international criminal tribunal against those responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

July 14, 2015
July 14, 2015

Seven-year-old Colombian girl survives 18 days in jungle

A seven-year-old girl found alive after nearly three weeks after she went missing in the Colombian jungle.

July 8, 2015
July 8, 2015

F-16 collides mid-air with small plane, killing two in US

A small plane collides in mid-air with a F-16 fighter jet over South Carolina, killing two people and sending debris into a mobile home park.

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.