Russia mourns victims of Christmas Day airplane crash
People lay flowers and lit candles Monday in Russia, which held a national day of mourning, for the 92 passengers and crew of an airplane that crashed into the Black Sea on Christmas Day.
French surveillance airplane for migrant traffic crashes in Malta
A small French surveillance airplane crashed in the Mediterranean island nation of Malta on Monday morning, killing all five crew passengers.
62 dead as passenger plane crashes in southern Russia
A passenger plane operated by the low-cost carrier FlyDubai crashed outside the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don in the early morning hours on Saturday killing all 62 people on board, officials said.
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How well do we know the pilots who fly our planes?
Revelations of the cause of the Germanwings Flight 9525 crash have spurred serious concerns over safety and flight protocols, including ensuring pilots are properly trained and adding more monitoring in the cockpit. NewsHour aviation specialist Miles O’Brien joins Gwen Ifill…
What happened to the Germanwings Airbus that crashed in the French Alps on Tuesday? Shortly after reaching its cruising altitude, the airplane began a dangerously fast descent over mountainous terrain, but no distress call was issued. Alan Diehl, an aviation…
A passenger jet traveling from Spain to Germany crashed in the French Alps this morning, and all 150 people on board are presumed dead. The steep and rocky terrain poses a major challenge for search crews, but one black box…
A Germanwings Airbus A320 plane carrying 144 passengers and six crew members crashed Tuesday in the French Alps, the airline confirmed today.
