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


One dead, 30 injured as Singapore Airlines flight hits turbulence

 The interior of Singapore Airline flight SG321 is pictured after an emergency landing at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Thailand, May 21, 2024.

Iran’s Raisi joins long list of political leaders involved in mysterious crashes

It isn't expected that presidents should go missing or be involved in crashes. However, historically, a number of important political and military leaders have met their end in crashes.

 A view of the wreckage of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter at the crash site on a mountain in Varzaghan, northwestern Iran, May 20, 2024

Iranian president, foreign minister dead after helicopter crashes into mountain

All passengers on board the helicopter, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, were killed in the crash on Sunday.

 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visits the military equipment of IRGC Navy in Bandar Abbas, Iran, February 2, 2024.

Five killed after small airplane crashes in Nashville

The plane crashed off the eastbound lanes past the Charlotte Pike exit, police said in a post on social media platform X, adding that work was ongoing to determine from where the plane originated.

Israel MoD Successfully Completes its First-Ever Series of Interception Tests Employing an Airborne, High-Power Laser System

Skydivers' plane kills man on Mexico beach during emergency landing

Footage from Puerto Global showed the damaged aircraft on the beach having crashed into what it said was a turtle rescue center.

 A skydiver dressed in a Santa Claus outfit tandem-jumps with a professional skydiver on the way to 155 tandem skydivers setting a new Guinness World Record over eight hours, in the Australian city of Wollongong, December 17, 2016

Finnish Airline will start weighing people before flights

Taking accurate weight measurements can increase passenger safety on flights. 

 FAT-SHAMING is just one of the problems with the ‘Family First’ ad, which also ‘singles-shames.’

Two dead after jet plane crash lands on Florida highway, collides with vehicle

WPLG said the plane, operated by the Hop-a-Jet charter aviation carrier, was ultimately destined for an executive airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where that company is based.

 An aerial view shows burnt Japan Airlines' (JAL) Airbus A350 plane after a collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan January 3, 2024, in this photo taken by Kyodo.

Explorer may have found wreckage of Amelia Earhart's plane in Pacific

It is believed Earhart ran out of fuel and landed the plane on the ocean surface and that the craft later sank to the bottom.

 Renowned U.S. pilot Amelia Earhart is pictured in this 1928 photograph released on March 20, 2012. Scientists on March 20, 2012 announced a new search to resolve the disappearance of Earhart, saying fresh evidence from a remote Pacific island may reveal the fate of Earhart, who vanished in 1937 whi

Two killed, four survive Afghanistan plane crash, Taliban says

Russian aviation authorities said on Sunday a Russian-registered plane with six people thought to be on board disappeared from radar screens over Afghanistan.

 A  Dassault Falcon 10

Doomed Japan plane on third quake mission when runway disaster hit

It is unclear whether the volume of airport traffic or the emergency response to the earthquake that struck late afternoon on Jan. 1 were factors in the accident.

 Japan Airlines' A350 airplane is on fire at Haneda international airport in Tokyo, Japan January 2, 2024.