Last Year Was Safest Ever to Fly, With No Jetliner Fatalities March 1, 2024 By Kate Duffy Last year was the safest ever for commercial flying by a number of measures, the airline industry’s global lobby said,...
Flying Got Safer Last Year Almost Everywhere Except Russia February 20, 2024 By Anthony Palazzo Flying further improved its safety record last year, extending a long-term trend that’s set to continue despite quality lapses at...
Goose Found in Helicopter’s Flight Control System in Fatal Oklahoma Crash February 5, 2024 A dead goose was found in part of the flight control system of a medical helicopter that crashed in western...
Crashed Ukrainian Cargo Plane Carried Shipment of Ammunition for Bangladesh July 18, 2022 By Sotiris Nikas and Volodymyr Verbyany Ukrainian foreign ministry officials on Sunday traveled to inspect the site where a Ukrainian cargo plane crashed overnight in northern...
Murder-Suicides by Pilots Are Increasing Share of Aviation Fatalities June 15, 2022 By Alan Levin For decades, commercial airline travel has gotten progressively safer. But one cause of deaths has stubbornly persisted: pilots who intentionally...
Plane-Crash Mysteries Prompt Renewed Calls for Cameras in Cockpits June 8, 2022 By Angus Whitley “We’re too low! We’re too low! We’re too low!” The Boeing Co. 737 co-pilot’s frenzied warnings on Sept. 28, 2018...
Probe Into China Eastern Airlines’ Crash Examines Actions of Crew May 18, 2022 By David Shepardson Investigators looking into the crash of a China Eastern Airlines jet are examining the actions of the crew on the...
Paris Trial Begins for 2009 Plane Crash That Killed 152 People, Left 1 Survivor May 10, 2022 By Nicolas Vaux-Montagny PARIS (AP) – The lone survivor of a 2009 plane crash that killed 152 other people was expected to attend...
DHL Operated Boeing Jet Breaks in Two After Skidding Off Runway April 11, 2022 By Angus Whitley and William Wilkes A Boeing Co. 757 cargo jet operated by DHL broke in two after skidding off the runway at Juan Santamaria...
China Examines 2 Black Boxes of Crashed China Eastern Jet as Investigation Continues March 28, 2022 After finding two black boxes from a crashed China Eastern jet, recovery crews are looking for more airplane debris, nearby...