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Thailand

Thai police plane crashes into sea, killing all six on board

Police say they don't know why the plane crashed but are gathering data from the aircraft's black box.

Europe News

Families of victims mark 10th anniversary of Germanwings plane crash

The 2015 crash caused shock when investigators revealed that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately flew the plane into a French mountainside.

Slovenia

Swedish Pirate Bay backer Carl Lundström dies in Slovenia plane crash

Reports indicate Lundström — one of the main primary financiers of website The Pirate Bay — died in an incident involving his own private aeroplane.

World News

Multiple people injured in plane crash at Toronto airport

Delta Air Lines jet flipped on its roof while landing Monday at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, but all 80 people on board survived and those hurt had relatively minor injuries, the airport’s chief executive said.

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USA

Recovery efforts continue after deadly midair collision in Washington

67 killed in midair collision between American Airlines jet and Army Black Hawk over Potomac River. 41 bodies recovered; wreckage search ongoing. NTSB investigates helicopter deviation, air traffic control staffing. Both black boxes found; preliminary report due in 30 days.

USA

Medevac plane crashes in Philadelphia: at least 7 dead 19 injured

The crash came just two days after the deadliest US air disaster in a generation when an American Airlines jet collided in midair with an Army helicopter in Washington DC on Wednesday night.

USA

US and Russian figure skating champions among victims of DC crash

An American Airlines jet collided midair with a military helicopter in Washington DC on Wednesday evening, killing 67 people.

USA

Trump blames 'diversity hires' for air collision that killed 67

An American Airlines flight from Wichita in Kansas was landing at Washington Reagan National Airport when it collided with a military helicopter, crashing into the Potomac river in the worst US aviation disaster in more than 20 years.

World News

French patrol plane target of Russian intimidation, minister says

France's Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu said the aircraft was targeted as it monitored vessels during a NATO observation mission off Sweden,

South Korea

'Black box' from South Korean plane crash is missing crucial data

South Korea's transport ministry said on Saturday that the black box on the Jeju plane that crashed landed failed to record the last four minutes of the flight.

Europe News

Teams in Brazil work on black boxes from crashed Azerbaijani plane

The Embraer 190 aircraft, which was made in Brazil, was en route from the Baku to Grozny in Russia when it was diverted and crashed in Kazakhstan.

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Inspection of South Korean plane crash site continues

Investigators are still combing through the wreckage of the Jeju Air plane that crashed in southern South Korea on Sunday, claiming 179 lives.

South Korea

Deadly South Korean plane crash sparks investigation and safety checks

Preliminary findings suggest issues with control systems and landing gear deployment as potential causes.

South Korea

Expert focuses on structure close to runway plane skidded off

Air safety expert David Learmount said the tragedy did not happen because of the fault of the landing gear, but because of a concrete structure near the runway.

South Korea

South Korea orders emergency airline safety check after fatal crash

The country will inspect its entire airline operations as well as all Boeing 737-800s after 179 people died in a crash involving the aircraft model on Sunday.

World News

Mourners in South Korea lay flowers after 179 people died in plane cra

Jeju Air's plane crashed and burst into flames after skidding off the runway at Muan airport on Sunday when its landing gear apparently failed to deploy.

Canada

Flights suspended at Halifax airport after landing incident fire

An Air Canada plane experienced problems landing at Halifax airport, skidding down the runway before part of the aircraft caught fire.

Azerbaijan

Kazakhstan to send Azerbaijan Airlines black boxes to Brazil

Kazakhstan's government told Euronews that it has decided to send the downed Azerbaijan Airlines flight recorders to Brazil for the full and transparent disclosure of the tragedy.

South Korea

A bird strike may have caused South Korea plane crash, official says

Jeju Air's plane received a bird strike warning shortly before attempting to land at Muan, whilst the pilot declared 'mayday' just one minute later.

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan's president says airliner that crashed was shot down

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev added that it was unintentional but criticised Moscow for trying to “hush up” the shooting for days.