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Ireland

Severe turbulence injures 12 on Ireland-bound flight

It comes after a passenger died and dozens were injured due to turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight from London last week.

Russia

Russian military plane crashes with 15 people on board

The transport aircraft carrying 15 people came down during takeoff from an air base in western Russia on Tuesday, according to the Defence Ministry.

Russia

Information war rages over Russian plane crash

Ukraine says Russia hasn't provided any evidence to prove their claim - that Ukraine itself shot down a Russian plane carrying Ukrainian POWs.

Culture news

Chile plane crash survivor recalls the 'Miracle of the Andes'

To mark the release of Juan Antonio Bayona's new film 'Society of the Snow' Euronews Culture revisits Fernando Parrado, a survivor of the 1972 'Miracle of the Andes' plane crash to discuss the chilling pact he and fellow passengers made to stay alive.

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Travel News

Japan earthquake: Is it safe to travel?

A passenger plane has crashed in flames in Tokyo after colliding with an aircraft taking aid to the earthquake-hit west coast.

Russia

Wagner says Prigozhin plane crash might have been 'deliberate'

Kremlin says 'deliberate wrongdoing' among possible causes of plane crash that killed Prigozhin

Russia

'Wagner is alive and will live in Belarus', says Lukashenko

Members of the mercenary force reportedly relocated to Belarus after its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin's abortive mutiny in June.

Colombia

Custody battle over children who survived 40 days in Amazon jungle

Colombia's child protection agency is determining who should have custody of the four 'miracle' children after their maternal grandparents accused their father of domestic abuse.

USA

No survivors found in wreckage of US plane that crashed in Virginia

The privately owned aircraft was unresponsive to the military after flying over highly restricted airspace in Washington DC.

Nepal

Flight data and cockpit recorders found at Nepal plane crash site

A spokesperson for Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority said the boxes, which were found on Monday, would be handed over to investigators.

Iran

Iran pressured to settle damages for shooting down Ukraine airliner

Iranian forces admitted mistakenly shooting down the aircraft in January 2020, killing all 176 people on board.

Europe News

Three found guilty of shooting down flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014

The Hague District Court verdict comes more than eight years after the Malaysia Airlines from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was blown out of the sky above Donetsk on 17 July 2014, killing all 298 on board.

USA

Watch: Two aircraft collide and crash at the Dallas airshow

This is the moment that two historic military aircraft collided and fell to the ground, during an air show in Dallas, Texas.

Tanzania

At least 19 dead after Tanzania airliner crashes near Lake Victoria

The Precision Air plane crash landed shortly before landing at Bukoba airport due to inclement weather, authorities said on Sunday.

Italy

Search on for two pilots after firefighting plane crashes in Sicily

Italian authorities say the aircraft had been tackling a forest fire near Mount Etna on Thursday.

Russia

Russian fighter jet crashes into a two-storey building in Siberia

Sunday's disaster was the 11th reported non-combat crash of Russian military jets since the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.

Russia

Russian warplane's crash into apartment block kills 14 people

Three of the victims died when they jumped from the upper floors of the building in a desperate attempt to escape the flames, according to the vice governor of the region, Anna Menkova.

Climate

WWII plane pulled from melting Swiss glacier 76 years after it crashed

When this US Dakota aircraft crashed in Switzerland in 1946 it led to the biggest rescue mission the Alps has ever seen. Now as climate change melts the glacier around it, the wreckage is finally being recovered by the Swiss military.

France

Air France and Airbus trial starts over deadly 2009 plane crash

Air France and aircraft maker Airbus stood trial in Paris on Monday over the 2009 crash of a flight from Brazil that killed 228 people.

France

Yemenia Airways handed maximum fine over 2009 plane crash in Comoros

Only one person, a 12-year-old girl, survived the crash while 152 others were killed.

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