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Plane overshoots runway, skids into street in Iran

After what seems like a botched landing, an Iranian passenger plane with some 150 passengers aboard, ended up belly-down on a highway near the airport in the city of Mahshahr, Iran.

27/01/2020

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Small plane makes emergency landing on main highway in Croatia

Probably due to engine failure, a small two-passenger sports aircraft landed on the A6 motorway at the Ravna Gora junction in the direction of Rijeka.

17/08/2019

Russia

Russian plane crash-lands in field after bird strike

Russian plane crash-lands in field after bird strike near Moscow, no deaths reported.

15/08/2019

USA

Watch: Small plane makes emergency landing onto US road

A small plane made an emergency landing on a road in the US state of Washington on Thursday and it was captured by a police car's dashboard camera.

02/08/2019

USA

9 reported dead after twin-engine aircraft crashes in Hawaii

The crash occurred near Dillingham Air Field, on the north shore of Oahu, the department of transportation said.

22/06/2019

Russia

Distressing video: Footage emerges from inside burning Aeroflot plane

Footage has emerged from inside a burning plane as it made an emergency landing in Moscow on Sunday.

07/05/2019

Russia

Russia Aeroflot plane fire: Death toll rises to 41

At least 41 people died, including children, after a Russian Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet plane made an emergency landing due to fire on board in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, investigators said in a statement,

05/05/2019

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Plane crashes onto street in Lima scares Peruvian pedestrians

A Peruvian Air Force aircraft made an emergency landing Monday (February 4) on top of a car in the middle of a street in Lima, injuring two and frightening multiple pedestrians.

05/02/2019

Mexico

Watch: Aeroméxico plane crashes moments after take-off

An Aeroméxico plane crashed just moments after takeoff on Wednesday in the capital of Mexico's Durango state.

01/08/2018

Cuba

Death toll from Cuba plane crash rises

The death toll from the Cuban air disaster rose to 111 on Monday as concern grew over the operations of the Mexican company that leased the 39-year old Boeing 737 to Cuba's airline.

22/05/2018

USA

Mass inspections ordered after Southwest explosion

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered a round of inspections to be carried out on jet engines after investigators said a broken fan blade triggered a fatal engine explosion on a Southwest Airlines flight on Tuesday.

19/04/2018

USA

Southwest flight's terror in the skies: How it happened

While hurtling 32,000 feet over Philadelphia, one of the Boeing’s twin engines exploded, releasing shrapnel that peppered the fuselage.

18/04/2018

USA

Woman dies after being 'sucked out' of US passenger plane as engine blows

One person has died after a Southwest Airlines plane with 148 people on board made an emergency landing in Philadelphia after an engine exploded.

17/04/2018

Iran

They said he was dead, but a traffic jam had actually saved his life

One scheduled passenger had a lucky escape.

20/02/2018

Russia

'All possible causes explored' after Russian plane crash kills 71

Among them are weather conditions, human error and the plane's technical condition.

11/02/2018

Australia

Compass CEO among six killed in Sydney plane crash

The company operating the seaplane said the weather on Sunday had been benign and the pilot "extremely experienced".

01/01/2018

United Kingdom

Hoax bomb threat scrambles RAF fighters for Ryanair flight

A Ryanair flight from Lithuania has been escorted into Stanstead by RAF Typhoons after a bomb hoax.

04/10/2017

World News

Flight MH370's disappearance an ‘almost inconceivable’ mystery -report

Investigators have only managed to narrow down the plane's possible location to a 25,000-square kilometer patch of ocean.

03/10/2017

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USA: small plane crashes into a tree

12/09/2017

Russia

Plane crash kills two in Moscow

02/09/2017