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Qantas pilot and aviation ‘mentor’ among those who died in plane collision
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Aviation

Qantas pilot and aviation ‘mentor’ among those who died in plane collision

Investigators on Sunday scrutinised the wreckage of two planes that collided on Saturday south-west of Sydney, killing three men.

  • by Angus Dalton and Ben Cubby

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Final flight: Pilot turned off lights to hide take-off, flew over his own unit

Final flight: Pilot turned off lights to hide take-off, flew over his own unit

An air safety report reveals a helicopter that crashed into a Cairns hotel, killing the drunk pilot, hit the building blades-first with its rotors on full power.

  • by Catherine Strohfeldt
‘Massive ball of flames’: Man dies in plane crash in central Victoria

‘Massive ball of flames’: Man dies in plane crash in central Victoria

Emergency services rushed to a farm east of Castlemaine on Friday afternoon, but the pilot died at the scene.

  • by Lachlan Abbott and Hannah Kennelly
Aviation company staff member crashed helicopter after farewell drinks
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Cairns

Aviation company staff member crashed helicopter after farewell drinks

Nautilus Aviation has released a statement to “address rumours” about the fatal crash of one of its helicopters into a Cairns hotel.

  • by Sean Parnell
Deadly helicopter crash ‘could have been far worse’

Deadly helicopter crash ‘could have been far worse’

The rotor blades of the helicopter smacked into the hotel rooms, one of which had an elderly couple asleep inside.

  • by Savannah Meacham
‘A colossal ear-deafening bang’: Pilot killed after stolen helicopter crashes into Cairns hotel

‘A colossal ear-deafening bang’: Pilot killed after stolen helicopter crashes into Cairns hotel

A helicopter that crashed into a waterfront hotel in Cairns, killing the pilot, was on an ‘unauthorised’ flight and may have been stolen, authorities say.

  • by William Davis
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Passenger plane crashes in fiery wreck in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state

Passenger plane crashes in fiery wreck in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state

A plane with 61 people aboard headed for Sao Paulo’s international airport has crashed in the city of Vinhedo.

  • by Gabriel Araujo
‘Horrible accident’: Person dies in plane engine at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport

‘Horrible accident’: Person dies in plane engine at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport

The investigation has not yet identified who the person was, a Dutch police spokesperson said.

  • by Gianluca Lo Nostro
Adelaide woman injured during horror flight has no feeling below the waist

Adelaide woman injured during horror flight has no feeling below the waist

Almost half the 211 passengers on Singapore Airlines flight 321 were injured in what has become one of the most serious turbulence events in modern aviation history. 

  • by Zach Hope
Singapore Airlines flight makes emergency landing after turbulence leaves one dead, dozens injured
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Aviation

Singapore Airlines flight makes emergency landing after turbulence leaves one dead, dozens injured

Singapore Airlines says one person has died and others were injured when a London-Singapore flight hit severe turbulence on Tuesday.

  • by Chayut Setboonsarng and Panu Wongcha-um
Iranian president, foreign minister killed in helicopter crash
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Aviation

Iranian president, foreign minister killed in helicopter crash

President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials in the helicopter had been missing for more than 12 hours when rescuers spotted the wreckage.

  • by Jon Gambrell

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