Plane crash

4 killed in Dubai plane crash

Three British people and a South African were killed in a plane crash close to Dubai airport, the United Arab Emirates' state news agency reports.
Ethiopian plane crash: All 157 confirmed dead

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet to Nairobi crashes with 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard, the airline says, and there were no survivors, according to the state broadcaster.
Nigerian vice president safe after helicopter crash lands

Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was safe after his helicopter crash landed in the north central state of Kogi, his spokesman says.
Fatalities on commercial passenger aircraft rise in 2018

The fatality rate on passenger jet aircraft worldwide jumped in 2018 after airlines recorded zero accident deaths on passenger jets in the prior year, according to a Dutch consulting firm and an aviation safety group.
‘Human error’ caused Cuba plane crash

A plane crash that killed 112 people in Cuba on May 18 was caused by human error, the Mexican company that owned the jet said Monday.
Plane crash in South Africa injures 20

An aircraft crashes outside the South Africa's capital Pretoria, injuring 20 people with at least one in a critical condition, emergency medical services ER24 says.
More than 250 killed in Algerian military plane crash

More than 250 people including members of Western Sahara’s Polisario independence movement are killed when a military plane crashes in a field outside Algeria’s capital, officials say.
4 killed in Ivory Coast plane crash

Four Moldovan citizens were killed and two others were injured when a cargo plane chartered by the French military crashed into the sea near the airport in Ivory Coast’s main city, Abidjan, Ivorian and French officials say.
Messi flew by the same plane two weeks ago!

A charter plane carrying a Brazilian football team which crashed in the mountains in Colombia late Monday killing 76 people so far flew Lionel Messi and his Argentina national team two weeks ago, according to media reports.
1 dead as plane hits car on US highway

A plane has crashed on a California freeway, slamming into a car and killing one of the vehicle's passengers - years after being safely landed on the same stretch of road.
Canada plane crash on Quebec island kills 7

Seven people have died after a small private plane crashed on an island off the east coast of Quebec.
62 killed in Russia jet crash

All sixty-two people on board a flydubai Boeing 737 are killed as the plane crashes and bursts into flames while landing in Rostov-on-Don, in Southern Russia.
Cargo aircraft crashes in Bay, 3 dead

A privately-chartered cargo aircraft has crashed into the Bay of Bengal killing one person. Two others are missing while another has been rescued in critical condition. The crash site is about half a kilometre off Cox’s Bazar’s Nazirtek, at the estuary of the Bay and Bakkhali river.
Two die in Nepal's second plane crash in two days

Two people are feared dead after a small plane crashed in western Nepal today, an army official says, just days after 23 people are killed in a similar accident in the Himalayan nation.
Nepal passenger plane crash kills all 23 on board

Rescuers in western Nepal have found the wreckage of a passenger plane which went missing with 23 people on board.
10 killed as BSF plane crashes in Delhi

Ten people are killed when a small aircraft of India’s Border Security Force (BSF) crashes in Delhi. The plane, a Super King aircraft, was flying to Ranchi, capital of eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. The technicians said to have lost contact with ground control before the crash.
Russian plane crash: UK suspects bomb was placed in hold

UK investigators looking at what caused a Russian airliner to crash in Egypt believe a bomb was put in the hold prior to take-off.
15 hurt after plane engine catches fire in Florida

Fifteen people are injured when a plane's engine caught fire as it taxied for take-off from an airport in Florida.
11 dead in Afghan plane crash

At least 11 people have died after a US Hercules aircraft crashed at an airport in Afghanistan, the US military says.
More MH370 debris found on Reunion island

Malaysian aviation officials said an airplane wing part found last week on the remote Indian Ocean island of Reunion came from the same type of aircraft as Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, raising hope it may offer clues to solving the mysterious disappearance of the jet nearly 17 months ago.
‘Second plane part’ found on Reunion

A second piece of suspected plane debris is found on the shore of the Indian Ocean island of Reunion.
Bin Laden family 'on Blackbushe Airport crash plane'

Family members of Osama Bin Laden were on board a plane which crashed in Hampshire, says the Saudi Arabian embassy in the UK.
Tokyo plane crash leaves 3 dead

A small plane has crashed into a quiet neighborhood in Tokyo, leaving three people dead, five injured and burning down nearby houses.
MH17: Russia willing to find compromise on international tribunal

Russia is seeking a compromise despite its resistance against the establishment of the international criminal tribunal against those responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
Seven-year-old Colombian girl survives 18 days in jungle

A seven-year-old girl found alive after nearly three weeks after she went missing in the Colombian jungle.
Two killed in mid-air US plane crash

A small plane collides in mid-air with a F-16 fighter jet over South Carolina, killing two people and sending debris into a mobile home park.
116 dead in Indonesia military plane crash

At least 116 people die when an Indonesian air force transport plane crashes into a major city shortly after take-off and exploded in a fireball.
Plane crashes into US home, killing 3 aboard

A small plane crashes into a house Sunday evening, killing three people on board, police said, but residents managed to flee as fire engulfed the home.
9 dead in Alaska sightseeing plane crash

A sightseeing plane crashes in southeast Alaska Thursday killing all nine people onboard, US police have said.
Mother, baby survive Colombia jungle plane crash

A young mother and her baby are found alive five days after their plane crashed in the jungle of western Colombia.