Plane crash

Iranian air force jet crashes during training exercise, pilot killed

One pilot is dead and another injured after an Iranian air force jet crashed during a training exercise in the Nowbaran district.

FEBRUARY 20, 2026|BySAM HALPERN

An Iranian F-4 Phantom takes off on September 16, 2009.

A Twin Otter aircraft purchased by Colombian airline Satena is seen in the company's hangar in Bogota, Colombia, November 25, 2024; illustrative.

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.

JANUARY 29, 2026|ByREUTERS

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

The maximum altitude along the route the helicopter was taking was 200 feet, but the collision occurred at nearly 300 feet.

JANUARY 27, 2026|ByREUTERS

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

Few details were available, but a government official briefed on the matter told Reuters there was a significant fire after the crash.

JANUARY 26, 2026|ByREUTERS

China finds second black box of crashed plane

A second black box from China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed in southern China was found, Chinese state media reported.

MARCH 27, 2022ByREUTERS

China Eastern jet crashes with 132 on board, no survivors found

China Eastern airlines said it deeply mourned the passengers and crew, without specifying how many people had been killed on the Boeing 737 jet.

MARCH 22, 2022ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Names of two Israelis dead in aircraft crash in Jerusalem Hills revealed

The light aircraft lost contact with ground control while flying over the Jerusalem Hills area on Saturday.

FEBRUARY 26, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

A Border Police officer looks on at the remains of a crashed aircraft in Jerusalem Hills on February 26, 2022

Israel marks 25 years since two helicopters collided, killing all 73 on board

Israelis commemorate the 73 soldiers killed when two helicopters collided on their way to Lebanon in 1997. To this day the IDF has yet to give a definite reason as to why the helicopters crashed.

JANUARY 26, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM

Israeli soldiers sift through the rubble of an army helicopter as they search for dead soldiers late February 4, 1997.

Naval officer who survived deadly helicopter crash walks out of hospital

Cpt. Ron Birman was the sole survivor of the crash. He was able to escape the helicopter before it sank with the two pilots inside but was unable to rescue the two pilots.

JANUARY 6, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM

Israeli soldiers search for parts of a crashed military helicopter after a military helicopter crashed off the coast of the northern Israeli city of Hafia, January 4, 2022.

MK apologizes for false report on crash

While the press faces censorship on what it can report, Knesset members are under no obligation to abide by such rules.

JANUARY 4, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN

Yesh Atid MK Ram Ben Barak, head of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee

Mobileye CEO injured in helicopter crash

Mobileye CEO and founder Amnon Shashua was lightly injured on Sunday morning after the helicopter he was flying crashed into a field in the Sharon region.

DECEMBER 19, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF