This Month
At least 19 killed as Bangladeshi air force jet crashes into school
Officials say the jet crashed shortly after take-off, hitting a school in Dhaka.
June
India ramps up inspections of Boeing 787s after fatal crash
The checks are performed as the jets return to the south Asian country before being cleared for their next flights.
‘No idea how I survived’: Briton tells of Air India crash
A 40-year-old passenger appears to have been the sole survivor among the 242 people on board the Dreamliner that crashed shortly after take off.
Israel strikes Iran; Plane’s mayday call; CEO’s criminal probe
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
‘Mayday, no thrust, losing power’: Air India flight’s final seconds
Investigators will pore over footage of the plane appearing to suffer a catastrophic loss of lift that could have been a mechanical, electrical or external fault.
April
Helicopter crashes into Hudson River killing six
The chopper appeared to break apart in midair, according to video of the crash posted on social media.
February
New video shows Toronto plane’s hard landing before flipping
Miraculously, all 80 people on board the flight from Minneapolis to Pearson International Airport survived the crash.
Delta plane flips on landing at Toronto airport
A jet has flipped upside down upon landing at Canada’s Toronto Pearson Airport amid windy weather following a snowstorm, injuring 18 of the 80 people on board.
Fatal passenger jet made sharp turn before collision: investigators
All 67 people aboard the passenger jet and the army helicopter are presumed dead. The remains of dozens have been recovered.
January
‘Abnormal’ flight path as tragic Washington midair crash probed
An experienced former Australian army helicopter pilot living in Washington expressed surprise at the Blackhawk’s flight path above the highly restricted airport.
‘Oh my God’: Final moments before fatal midair crash
As American Airlines flight 5342 descended calmly over the Potomac River, a US army helicopter approached. The outcome was devastating.
Washington plane crash linked to staffing and crowded airspace
Officials pushed ahead with finding bodies and clues to what caused the midair collision in Washington that killed 67 people and raised questions about air safety.
‘No survivors’: Despair after horrific midair crash
Bodies were reportedly being pulled from the water after an American Airlines plane outside Washington collided with an army helicopter.
‘Everyone thought we were going to die’: Living with flight trauma
Near misses can leave the victims with anxiety, triggered by seemingly innocuous actions such as browsing airfares or packing a suitcase.
December 2024
‘Verging on criminal’: Questions over concrete wall in plane crash
Experts have questioned the location and composition of a runway wall after the South Korean plane smashed into the barrier and burst into flames this week.
South Korean air crash ‘a mystery’ as second plane returns
Malfunctioning landing gear and a bird strike have raised more questions than answers to what caused the plane to crash at Muan International Airport.
Bird strike theory raises questions in South Korean plane crash
Video carried by national media shows the plane carrying 181 people in flames after appearing to hit a wall on landing in the southern city of Muan.
Azerbaijani airliner crashes in Kazakhstan, killing dozens
The Embraer 190 was flying from Baku to the Russian city of Grozny when it tried an emergency landing. Remarkably, many passengers survived. Watch the footage.
May 2024
What is in-flight turbulence, and when does it become dangerous?
While turbulence-related fatalities are quite rare, injuries have piled up over the years. Some meteorologists have linked an increase in reported incidences to climate change.
April 2024
One dead, seven missing after Japanese navy helicopters crash
The cause of the crash was not immediately known.