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Switzerland

Investigators try to find why Swiss plane crashed

Investigators do not yet know why a plane crashed in Switzerland on Saturday claiming the lives of all 20 people on board

05/08/2018

Switzerland

Swiss vintage plane crash 'kills all 20 people on board'

A vintage plane crash in Switzerland killed all 20 people on board, police confirmed on Sunday.

05/08/2018

Mexico

New footage captures dramatic air crash

Dramatic new footage has emerged of the plane crash in Mexico on Tuesday. The images, captured by one of the passengers after they escaped from the Aeromexico flight, shows the plane on fire as the travellers made their way away from the wreckage.

02/08/2018

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

Mexico

103 people survive air crash in Mexico

All 103 people on board a plane that crashed in Mexico managed to walk away from a plane that crashed before it burst into flames

01/08/2018

Mexico

Plane with 103 on board crashes in Mexico; everyone survives

An Aeromexico-operated Embraer aeroplane with around 103 passengers and crew on board has crashed in Mexico.

01/08/2018

France

EgyptAir 2016 crash caused by fire, say French investigators

Egyptian authorities however say the crash, in which 66 passengers and crew died, was the result of a "malicious act."

07/07/2018

USA

Watch: Dramatic video shows boy walk out of deadly plane crash

The boy was the lone survivor in the crash that killed his family.

26/06/2018

World News

Cuba confirms 110 killed in country's deadliest plane crash since 1989

Fifteen of the crash victims have been identified so far, officials said.

20/05/2018

World News

More than 100 killed when Cuban airliner crashes after takeoff

A Boeing 737 leased by Cuba's national airline went down in a yucca field. Only three or four survived, state media said.

19/05/2018

Colombia

Lack of fuel caused plane carrying a Brazilian football team to crash in Colombia

Crew ignored flight plan which provided for a re-fuelling stop in Bolivia.

27/04/2018

Nepal

Watch: What's it like to fly into one of the world’s most dangerous airports?

NBC Left Field asked the mountain pilots of Nepal, who fly from Kathmandu to the village of Lukla, which hangs 2,845 metres above ground off a cliff in the Himalayas.

20/04/2018

Algeria

Algerian flags fly half-mast as the country mourns the plane disaster

Two hundred and fifty-seven people were killed in the country's worst plane disaster. The military transporter plane crashed on Wednesday after take-off in south west Algiers.

13/04/2018

Algeria

257 people dead in Algerian plane crash

Most of the victims were military personnel and their families, as well as ten flight crew members. Three days of national mourning have been declared

11/04/2018

France

Plane crashes on motorway near Lyon killing two

Pilot of light aircraft appeared to lose control before hitting an overhead signaling gantry according to eyewitnesses.

01/04/2018

Nepal

Nepal plane crash: miscommunication may have been to blame

Miscommunication over the landing runway may be to blame for the Kathmandu plane crash that killed at least 49 people.

13/03/2018

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Bangladesh plane carrying 71 people crash lands in Nepal

A Bangladeshi aircraft carrying 67 passengers and four crew crashed on landing at Nepal's Kathmandu airport on Monday, March 12

12/03/2018

Iran

Turkish private jet crashes in Iran, 11 dead

A private plane flying from the UAE to Turkey has crashed in Iran, according to Iranian media.

11/03/2018

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

Voice recorder of ill-fated Russian plane is found

It's believed conflicting speed measurements, caused by the freezing weather, led to the plane plummeting into the ground.

16/02/2018