Jan 16 Home nations of plane crash victims seek compensation from Iran By Jill Lawless, Associated Press After a meeting in London, foreign ministers from Canada, the U.K., Afghanistan, Sweden and Ukraine urged Iran to allow a “thorough, independent and transparent international investigation," as well as a criminal probe and "impartial" judicial proceedings against those found responsible… Continue reading
Jan 13 Canada to get access to recorders from downed plane in Iran By Rob Gillies, Associated Press Canada's Transportation Safety Board said Monday that Iranian officials have invited it to participate in analysis of the voice and flight data recorders from the Ukrainian jetliner shot down by a missile that killed 176 people including 57 Canadians. Continue reading
Jan 01 Global air crash deaths fall by more than half in 2019 By David McHugh, Associated Press The To70 consultancy said Wednesday that 257 people died in eight fatal accidents in 2019. That compares to 534 deaths in 13 fatal accidents in 2018. Continue reading
Nov 24 Plane crashes into homes in Congo; at least 26 dead By Sammy Mupfuni, Associated Press A small plane crashed into homes shortly after takeoff Sunday in Congo’s eastern city of Goma, killing 26 people, including the aircraft’s passengers and crew, as well as residents on the ground, the government of the central African nation said. Continue reading
Mar 12 Much of the world bans Boeing jet involved in Ethiopia crash By Associated Press The United States was one of the few remaining operators of the plane involved in two deadly accidents in just five months. Continue reading
May 03 Investigators search for cause of deadly cargo plane crash in Georgia By Russ Bynum, Dánica Coto, Associated Press Military investigators began the arduous task Thursday of answering why a C-130 Hercules cargo plane dropped from the sky to crash on a Georgia highway as families of nine Puerto Rican airmen grieved Thursday over the deaths of an experienced… Continue reading
Jun 15 Egypt says it has found the wreckage from missing EgyptAir plane By Joshua Barajas A search vessel has spotted “several main locations of the wreckage” from an EgyptAir airplane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea last month. Continue reading
Nov 03 Watch 6:01 News Wrap: More unconfirmed clues emerge in Metrojet investigation By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, U.S. officials say images shot from space may offer clues to a Russian airliner’s destruction over Egypt. Also, a Turkish crackdown on alleged followers of a major opposition leader intensified; at least 44 people accused… Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch 4:55 What we know so far about the Metrojet mystery By PBS News Hour What downed a Russian airliner and killed 224 people on its path from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg? The cause remains far from clear. Gwen Ifill speaks to Alan Diehl, a former National Transportation Safety Board investigator and author of… Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch 3:05 Conflicting claims fuel confusion over Metrojet disaster cause By PBS News Hour Russian and Egyptian investigators are combing through the mangled wreckage of a Metrojet airliner that broke up over the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, killing everyone on board. While a senior official with the airline dismissed mechanical failure as a cause,… Continue watching