Plane crash

Thirteen dead after tourism aircraft crashes near Nazca Lines in Peru

Flights over the Nazca Lines departing from the nearby Maria Reiche Airport had been suspended on Friday due to winds exceeding 40 kph (25 mph), which kicked up dust and reduced visibility.

A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (foreground); illustrative.
 El Al Flight 402 - The Lockheed Constellation registered as 4X-AKC, pictured here in 1950.

On this day: Communist Bulgaria downs El Al flight 402, killing all 58 people onboard

 Emergency services respond to a crashed seaplane in the East River on July 5, 2026.

US Coast Guard rescues 11 people after seaplane crashes in Washington state, injuring four

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing 777 aircraft takes off from Karachi airport on November 11, 2010; illustrative.

Pakistan finds wreckage of missing cargo plane as search continues for five crew members


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.

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. 

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