Dec 29 Plane in South Korea crashes and bursts into flames while landing, killing 179 out of 181 aboard By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press Footage of the crash aired by South Korean television channels showed the plane skidding across the airstrip at high speed, evidently with its landing gear still closed, and slamming into a concrete wall, triggering an explosion. Continue reading
Dec 26 Russian air defense fire likely caused Azerbaijan Airlines crash, aviation experts say By Associated Press Aviation experts say that Russian air defense fire was likely responsible for the Azerbaijani plane crash the day before that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured. Continue reading
Aug 11 Watch 4:04 News Wrap: Trump campaign claims it was hacked by ‘foreign sources hostile to the U.S.’ In our news wrap Sunday, the Trump campaign pointed toward Iran after claiming it was hacked, Israeli military searches for gunmen behind a shooting in the occupied West Bank, families identify loved ones from the Brazil plane crash, rescue teams… Continue watching
Aug 10 Rescuers retrieve remains of all passengers in Brazil plane crash as families gather in Sao Paulo By Mauricio Savarese, Gabriela Sá Pessoa, David Koenig, Associated Press Brazilian rescue teams Saturday retrieved the remains of all 62 passengers from the wreckage of a plane crash in Sao Paulo state as families started gathering in the metropolis to identify and bury their loved ones. Continue reading
Aug 09 Plane crashes in fiery wreck in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, killing all 61 people aboard By Mauricio Savarese, Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Associated Press A passenger plane with 61 people aboard crashed into a gated residential community in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state Friday, killing all aboard, the airline said. Continue reading
Jul 26 Firefighting pilot killed in tanker plane crash in Oregon as Western wildfires spread By Rebecca Boone, John Antczak, Associated Press Communities in the U.S. West and Canada were under siege from raging wildfires on Friday, and a pilot was found dead in a crashed tanker plane that disappeared in eastern Oregon while fighting one of the many fires spreading across several… Continue reading
Feb 10 NTSB investigates why a private jet crashed onto a Florida interstate, killing 2 By Sara Cline, Associated Press Federal authorities have launched an investigation to determine why a private jet tried to make an emergency landing on a Florida interstate, colliding with a vehicle and sparking a fiery crash that left two people dead. Continue reading
Aug 27 Russia officially confirms Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin died in plane crash By Associated Press Russian authorities on Sunday confirmed the death of Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, putting to rest any doubts about whether the wily mercenary leader turned mutineer was on a plane that crashed Wednesday, killing everyone on board. Continue reading
Aug 23 Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was aboard plane that crashed, Russian agency says By Dasha Litvinova, Associated Press Prigozhin, who led a brief armed rebellion against the Russian military earlier this year, was aboard a plane that crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday, killing all 10 people on board, according to Russia’s civil aviation agency. Continue reading
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