Articles by Danny Lee and Hari Govind

Medical Transport Plane Crash in Philadelphia Leaves 7 Dead, 19 Injured

A Medevac plane that crashed in Northeast Philadelphia killed one person on the ground and left 19 others hospitalized, in addition to killing all six people on board the aircraft, the city’s mayor said on Saturday. “This is a tragedy …

South Korea’s Preliminary Jeju Air Crash Report Focuses on Bird Strike

South Korea released a preliminary report into last month’s deadly Jeju Air Co. crash that offers more detail on the role of bird strikes in the disaster, while still leaving crucial questions unanswered. The report sheds additional light on the …

Pilot Confusion, Congestion Detailed in Fatal Japan Crash Report

A report detailing distracted pilots, airport congestion and shortcomings in safety protocols shines new light into the lead up to last year’s fiery plane crash at Japan’s Haneda Airport. The 166-page document charts the hours and final chaotic minutes before …

Two Plane Crashes Lead to Deadliest Year in Skies Since 2018

Commercial aviation has suffered its deadliest year since 2018 after the Jeju Air Co. disaster in South Korea and last week’s downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane. Fatalities onboard passenger aircraft jumped to 318 this year with the two recent …

Japan Plane Crash Probe Points to Coast Guard Crew Confusion

Cockpit voice recordings released Wednesday indicate Japanese coast guard pilots wrongly thought they could enter an active runway minutes before being struck by a Japan Airlines Co. jet. The recordings, in a report tabled by the Japan Transport Safety Board …

‘It Felt Like We Had Crashed’: Singapore Air Passenger Describes Turbulence Terror

One moment Toby Pearl was ensconced in his economy-class seat in row 43 aboard a flight from London to Singapore. The next all hell broke loose, with personal belongings, food and even people being hurled around the cabin, crashing into …

A Decade After MH370, Planes Still at Risk of Vanishing Off the Map

“Good Night. Malaysian Three Seven Zero.” Those six words were the last radio transmission from the cockpit of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, less than an hour after the aircraft took off late at night from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on …

Japan Airlines Flight Was Cleared to Land Before Fiery Collision at Tokyo Airport

As Japan Airlines Co. Flight 516 approached Tokyo’s Haneda Airport late on Tuesday afternoon, all signs pointed to an uneventful conclusion to the routine one-and-a-half hour journey from Sapporo in northern Japan. At 5:43 p.m. local time, control-tower staff told …