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Pakistan

Seven die in Pakistan helicopter crash

A military helicopter carrying a diplomatic delegation has crashed in northern Pakistan killing seven people, including the ambassadors of Norway and the Philippines.

08/05/2015

France

Germanwings pilot's 'preparations' for fatal crash went unnoticed

. Questions are being asked as to how co-pilot Andreas Lubitz could have been prevented from crashing a Germanwings Airbus into the Alps in March.

07/05/2015

Spain

Barcelona: Spanish royals attend memorial service for Germanwings crash victims

Spain’s King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy have been remembering the victims of the Germanwings plane disaster. Grieving relatives of

27/04/2015

Dominican Republic

Small plane crash in Dominican Republic kills seven

Seven people, including two Britons and two Spaniards, were killed when a small plane crashed in the Dominican Republic. Local aviation authorities

21/04/2015

Germany

Families of Germanwings crash victims attend memorial in Cologne

Almost a month on: family members gather in Cologne to remember the 150 who died in the Germanwings crash.

17/04/2015

Ukraine

Investigators comb new field of Malaysia Airlines MH17 debris

Nine months after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, investigators have returned to the crash site, after gaining

16/04/2015

Malaysia

Search area for missing flight MH370 to double

Transport ministers from Malaysia, China and Australia have pledged to double the search area for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane if the current

16/04/2015

Malaysia

Dutch-led team to investigate last unexamined area of downed MH17 flight

A team of investigators has gained access to the area where the last unexamined wreckage of the downed Malaysian Airlines MH17 lies. The team hope to

15/04/2015

Germany

Lufthansa doctors 'recommended continued treatment for Lubitz'

The German newspaper Bild says Lufthansa doctors had recommended that pilot Andreas Lubitz should be given psychological treatment, despite

12/04/2015

Poland

Poland remembers Smolensk air crash five years on

Poland is commemorating the fifth anniversary of its worst national tragedy since World War II – the plane crash in Russia that killed the president

10/04/2015

Germany

More questions about medical oversight of pilots after Alps crash

Further questions are being asked about the quality of checks on pilots in the wake of the French Alps plane crash. Germany’s Federal Aviation Office

06/04/2015

France

EU warned Germany over safety control 'before Germanwings crash'

It has been revealed that a European regulator found “issues” with Germany’s aviation authority over safety enforcement – reportedly before the

04/04/2015

France

French government praises 'solidarity' in Alps following Germanwings crash

France's Interior Minister praises residents of the French Alps for their solidarity following last week's deadly Germanwings crash.

04/04/2015

France

Germanwings co-pilot Lubitz 'sped up' plane, say investigators

Analysts say a study of data from the second black box, recovered after last week's passenger plane crash in the French Alps, reveals co-pilot Andreas Lubitz manipulated the autopilot to reduce the ai

03/04/2015

France

French investigators "reasonably hopeful" second flight recorder contains vital evidence

French investigators say there is “reasonable hope” that the recovery of a second black box data recorder can provide vital evidence about the demise

02/04/2015

France

French investigators find second "black box" from Germanwings crash

French authorities say they have found the second black box of the Germanwings jet that crashed in the French Alps last week, killing 150 people. The

02/04/2015

Germany

Germanwings co-pilot lied to doctors, Bild reports

02/04/2015

France

Don't ask about the co-pilot: Lufthansa boss refuses questions at Alps crash site

The head of Germanwings and the boss of parent company Lufthansa have visited the scene of the French Alps crash

01/04/2015

Germany

Lufthansa's claim of 100% pilot fitness jars credibility

Germany’s airline Lufthansa, parent company for several other airlines as well, is trying to recover and stabilise its credibility in the aftermath

01/04/2015

France

Controversy over footage recovered from Germanwings plane crash

French magazine Paris Match and German daily Bild report that a cellphone video found in the Germanwings wreckage shows the flight's last moments

01/04/2015