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Plane crash fatalities rose in 2020 despite COVID-19 pandemic

Five fatal passenger plane accidents resulted in the deaths of 299 people in 2020. The year before, 257 people lost their lives in eight fatal crashes.

USA

Lockerbie: US plans new charges in 1988 airline bombing

The 1988 bombing of a New-York-bound Pan Am jet that exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie killed 270 people.

France

Five die after small planes collide in the air in France

The two small aircraft collided over Loches, in central France, on Saturday afternoon. There are no survivors.

Ukraine

'Tragedy': Ukraine confirms 22 dead after military plane crash

The crash occurred near the eastern city of Chuhuyiv, some two kilometres away from a military airport.

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Survivors of deadly India crash say plane swayed violently

Survivors of the Air India Express plane crash said that the plane swayed violently before crash landing at the Kozhikode airport, in southern India.

India

Eighteen dead and over 120 injured after plane crash in India

More than a dozen people have died after a plane carrying up to 200 people skidded off a runway and broke in two pieces while landing at an airport in southern India amid heavy rain, according to authorities.

World News

Seven people killed in plane crashes in Germany and Switzerland

A microlight plane crashed into a building in the German town of Wesel, while another deadly incident involved a small aircraft in the Swiss Alps.

Ukraine

Six years on, rescue workers recall the horror of MH17 crash site

It's been 6 years since Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine. Here's what 2 rescue workers saw that day.

Pakistan

Pakistan wrestles with pilots scandal in wake of European flight ban

In a leaked letter seen by Euronews, EASA said the alleged fraud was a "grave safety concern" and recommended that any pilots holding Pakistani licenses should not be scheduled for operations in Europe.

World News

Five stories you may have missed this week amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Here are five stories you may have missed this week.

Pakistan

'Fire everywhere': Pakistan plane disaster survivor on crash

The plane crashed on Friday after a "technical failure", authorities reported. Two passengers survived.

United Kingdom

Pilot 'not licenced' for flight which killed footballer Emiliano Sala

An investigation into the plane crash which killed Cardiff striker Emiliano #Sala along with the pilot has found the pilot was not licenced to fly the aircraft

Netherlands

Boeing refuses to play ball as Dutch MPs reopen earlier 737 crash case

Two recent accidents involving the 737 Max have led lawmakers in the Netherlands to open a new inquiry into a 2009 disaster that killed nine.

World News

In pictures: the best images from this week's news stories

Here is our selection of the best pictures from this week.

Turkey

Turkish flight was 'abnormal from start to finish' says survivor

Passengers who lived through the crash landing in Istanbul that killed three people and left a Turkish airliner crumpled into pieces say the plane's descent felt unusually fast

World News

Tributes, theories and questions one year on from Sala plane crash

The circumstances of Argentine strikers Emiliano Sala's death remain murky a year after the tragic plane crash in the English Channel.

Iran

EU tells airlines to avoid Iran airspace after Tehran admits shootdown

Regulators urged airlines to avoid all Iranian airspace after Tehran admitted one of its missiles downed flight PS752 in a "disastrous mistake."

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In pictures: the best images from this week's biggest stories

Dramatic scenes from Australia where the fight against wildfires is far from over, and from France where unions took to the streets over pensions.

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Canada holds vigils for victims of plane crash in Iran

Hundreds of mourners held a candle-light vigil Thursday night in Toronto to remember 176 people killed when a Ukraine-bound plane crashed in Iran.

Iran

Iran denies that it brought down Ukrainian plane with a missile

Iranian cabinet spokesman Ali Rabiei said that such allegations “rub salt on a painful wound” for the families of the victims.

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