Jul 08 Cessna plane crash near Southern California airport kills all 6 people aboard By Associated Press Six people were killed when a small plane crashed and burst into flames in a field during the second of two landing attempts in fog at a Southern California airport before dawn Saturday, authorities said. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 4:32 News Wrap: Black boxes found at Nepal plane crash site In our news wrap Monday, search teams in Nepal retrieved the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the site of a plane crash that killed at least 69 people, President Biden marked this Martin Luther King Jr. holiday by… Continue watching
Jan 16 Search crews in Nepal retrieve flight data from deadly plane crash By Anish Bhattarai, Krutika Pathi, Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press Investigators are looking for the cause of Nepal’s deadliest plane crash in 30 years. At least 69 of the 72 people aboard were killed, and officials believe the three missing are also dead. Continue reading
Jan 15 Watch 3:08 News Wrap: 30 killed in Russian strike on Dnipro apartment In our news wrap Sunday, California is bracing for more heavy rain amid weeks of storms, the death toll from Russia’s attack on an apartment building in Dnipro, Ukraine rose to 30, Israelis protested their government’s push to overhaul the… Continue watching
Jan 15 68 dead, 4 missing after plane crashes in gorge near Nepal resort town By Upendra Man Singh, Sheikh Saaliq, Anish Bhattarai, Associated Press A plane making a 27-minute flight to a Nepal tourist town crashed into a gorge Sunday while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 68 of the 72 people aboard. Continue reading
Nov 13 Investigation underway following midair crash at Dallas air show By Juan A. Lozano, Josh Funk, LM Otero, Associated Press The NTSB and FAA are investigating what caused a World War II-era bomber and a fighter plane to collide and crash to the ground in a ball of flames during an air show in Dallas on Saturday. Continue reading
Nov 13 Watch 1:04 News Wrap: Turkey’s president calls Istanbul blast an attack In our news wrap Sunday, Turkish officials say six people died and at least 80 were injured in an explosion in Istanbul, and the FAA and NTSB are investigating Saturday's deadly mid-air collision at a Dallas air show. Continue watching
Oct 09 Families seek truth as Airbus, Air France face trial over 2009 crash By Nicolas Vaux-Montagny, Jeffrey Schaeffer, Associated Press Aviation industry heavyweights Airbus and Air France are charged with manslaughter in a trial that opens Monday over the crash of Flight 447 on June 1, 2009, killing all 228 people aboard. Continue reading
Jul 17 Investigators search the site of plane crash in Greece that killed at least 8, officials say By Costas Kantouris, Demetris Nellas, Associated Press Serbian Defense Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic told a news conference Sunday that all eight crew members were killed. He said the plane was carrying 11.5 tons of Serbian-made mortar ammunition to Bangladesh, which was the buyer. It had taken off from… Continue reading
May 29 Rescuers search for plane that crashed in Nepal with 22 on board By Binaj Gurubacharya, Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers zeroed in on a possible location of a passenger plane with 22 people aboard that is feared to have crashed Sunday in cloudy weather in Nepal’s mountains, officials said. The Tara Air plane was on… Continue reading