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.
Battery for locator tracker of MH370 expired 1yr before its missing
A comprehensive report into the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has revealed that the battery for the underwater locator beacon expired more than a year before the plane vanished.
Harrison Ford hurt in plane crash
US actor Harrison Ford has been injured in a small plane crash in Los Angeles.