Plane crash

Plane crash in Colombia kills all 15 on board including lawmaker

A Satena flight from Cúcuta to Ocaña crashed in northeast Colombia, killing all 15 people aboard, among them local lawmaker Diógenes Quintero.

A Twin Otter aircraft purchased by Colombian airline Satena is seen in the company's hangar in Bogota, Colombia, November 25, 2024; illustrative.
Debris from  the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the Potomac River, near Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington DC, US, January 30, 2025.

American Airlines jet, army helicopter collision result of 'multitude of errors,' NTSB members say

A private jet carrying eight people crashed as it was taking off from Bangor International Airport in Maine on Sunday night, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Seven killed as private jet crashes during takeoff at Maine airport

Indonesian rescue members search for victims at the site of a landslide, which hit Cibeunying village on November 13, in Cilacap, Central Java province, Indonesia, November 15, 2025.

Indonesia locates remains of 10 passengers on crashed surveillance plane


Coast Guard finds missing Alaska plane; 3 bodies of 10 on board recovered

The incident comes at a time of heightened scrutiny of air safety in the United States. NTSB investigators are probing two deadly crashes in recent days.

Emergency personnel work at the site where a small plane crashed into vehicles (illustrative)

Small rescue plane crashes in Philadelphia with child, 5 others on board

The Philadelphia Fox outlet reported that six people were aboard the plane

 Scene of the Philadelphia plane crash.

Flight attendant killed in DC plane crash was Jewish youth group alum

Commenters shared recollections of him, including one who called him “always a lively, high-spirited person.” Several said they had known him and his sister from their time with the youth group.

 Emergency vehicles leave Gravelly Point, after American Eagle flight 5342 collided with a helicopter while approaching Reagan Washington National Airport and crashed in the Potomac River, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. January 29, 2025.

Military helicopter collides with passenger plane near DC, 60 feared killed

'This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!' President Trump wrote on Truth Social.

 Rescuers on a boat work next to the wreckage of a Black Hawk helicopter at the site of the crash after it collided with the American Eagle flight 5342 which was approaching Reagan Washington National Airport and crashed into the Potomac River, outside Washington, U.S., January 30, 2025.

Only two survive after South Korean plane carrying 181 crashes, bursts into flames

179 people have been killed after a Boeing 737-800 aircraft drove off the runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in South Korea on Sunday, Korean media reported.

 Firefighters carry out extinguishing operations on an aircraft which drove off runaway at Muan International Airport in Muan

El Al suspends flights to Moscow following downing of Azerbaijani plane

A new assessment of the situation will be conducted next week, and a decision will be made as to whether operations on the route will resume.

 An El-Al Boeing 767 lands in Moscow, Russia, October 23, 2012

Early indications that Russian anti-aircraft system may have hit Azerbaijan plane, US official says

An Embraer passenger jet crashed in Kazakhstan after diverting from an area of Russia in which Moscow has used air defense systems against Ukrainian drone strikes.

 A drone view shows emergency specialists working at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan December 25, 2024.

Passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashes in Kazakhstan with many feared dead

Unverified video of the crash showed the plane, which was operated by Azerbaijan Airlines, bursting into flames as it hit the ground and thick black smoke then rising.

Reported drone footage of the site of a passenger plane crash in Kazakhstan, December 25, 2024.

Brazilian airliner crashes, all 61 on board killed

The airline said it could not provide further information on what caused the plane, which had a PS-VPB registration, to crash.

 Sao Paulo police car.

Malawi vice president Chilima and nine others killed in plane crash

Chilima was arrested in 2022 over graft allegations, however, a court dropped the charges last month after the director of public prosecutions filed a notice for the case to be discontinued.

 Malawi's Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima, May 21 2019.