Jun 10 4 Indigenous children found alive 40 days after plane crash in Amazon rainforest By Manuel Rueda, Associated Press Four Indigenous children who disappeared 40 days ago after surviving a small plane crash in the Amazon jungle were found alive Friday, Colombian authorities announced, ending an intense search that gripped the nation. Continue reading
Jan 17 Families mourn victims of Nepal plane crash as police investigate deadly crash By Anish Bhattarai, Krutika Pathi, Associated Press Nepalese authorities are returning to families the bodies of plane crash victims and are sending the aircraft's data recorder to France for analysis as they try to determine what caused the country's deadliest air accident in 30 years. Continue reading
Mar 24 Watch 4:59 News Wrap: North Korea’s launch of intercontinental ballistic missile draws condemnation In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S., Japan and South Korea condemned North Korea for launching what appeared to be its largest intercontinental ballistic missile yet, former President Trump sued Hillary Clinton and other Democrats alleging they falsely claimed his… Continue watching
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