Tanzanian Plane Crashes Into Africa’s Lake Victoria, Killing 19 November 7, 2022 By Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala Nineteen people died after a passenger plane crashed into Africa’s largest lake on approach to an airport in northwestern Tanzania,...
Air France, Airbus Execs Plead Not Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter for 2009 Crash October 11, 2022 By Tim Hepher and Yiming Woo A French criminal court opened the historic manslaughter trial of Air France and planemaker Airbus on Monday, with angry relatives...
Air France and Airbus Face Manslaughter Trial in French Court Over Rio-Paris Crash October 10, 2022 By Nicolas Vaux-Montagny and Jeffrey Schaeffer PARIS (AP) – Nicolas Touillou had just proposed marriage to his girlfriend. Nelson Marinho Jr. was heading off on a...
Global Aviation Deaths Rose in 2020, Although Number of Crashes Fell January 4, 2021 By David Shepardson The number of people killed in large commercial airplane crashes rose in 2020 to 299 worldwide, even as the number...
India’s Aviation Regulator Points to Pilot Error in Air India Express Crash August 9, 2020 By Anurag Kotoky The Air India Express jet that overshot the runway on Friday, killing at least 18 people, had touched down too...
Crashed Pakistan Plane First Tried to Land Without Landing Gear at 203 Miles Per Hour May 28, 2020 By Alan Levin A deadly plane crash in Pakistan is prompting questions about how the crew could touch down without landing gear when...
Airbus Opens Investigation into Plane Crash that Killed 97 in Pakistan May 27, 2020 By Adil Jawad Pakistan announced Tuesday that Airbus experts have opened a probe into last week’s plane crash that killed 97 people when...
Commercial Airplane Crash Deaths Drop by More than 50% in 2019: Aviation Consultant January 2, 2020 By David Shepardson The number of people killed in large commercial airplane crashes fell by more than 50% in 2019 despite a high-profile...
U.S. Law Firms ‘Hounded’ Relatives of Ethiopian Airlines’ Crash Victims December 23, 2019 By Katharine Houreld Days after the March 10 crash of a Kenya-bound Ethiopian Airlines’ Boeing jet that killed all 157 people on board,...
Boeing Settles More Than 60 Wrongful Death Cases Filed After Lion Air Crash November 22, 2019 By Janan Hanna A Boeing Co. lawyer said the aircraft maker has reached settlements in more than 60 wrongful death cases filed after...