South Korea tightened rules on carrying lithium batteries on planes from Saturday, highlighting a growing risk to flights worldwide from the batteries used in cellphones and e-cigarettes which can malfunction to produce smoke, fire or extreme heat. Last year three …
An American Airlines Group Inc. regional jet collided with a military helicopter near Washington on Jan. 29 leaving no survivors, marking one of the deadliest US air disasters in decades. The aircraft crashed into the Potomac River close to Ronald …
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 …
Initial findings from the flight recorders of a DHL-operated plane that crashed near Vilnius Airport in November have given no indication of “illegal interference”, according to the Lithuanian Justice Ministry. “The preliminary analysis of the Boeing 737-476 flight data recorder …
A DHL cargo plane flying from Germany to Lithuania crashed close to Vilnius Airport, killing a crew member and injuring three others, according to police. The Boeing 737-400, which took off from the eastern German city of Leipzig, went down …
Flight and voice data boxes from a plane that crashed in Brazil have been extracted with “100% success,” a government aviation official said, as investigators probe the cause of an accident that killed everyone on board. A preliminary report will …
“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 …
Tuesday’s runway collision in Japan marks the first time a modern lightweight airliner has burnt down and is being seen as a test case for how well a new generation of carbon-composite airplanes copes with a catastrophic fire. The Japan …
Japan Airlines (JAL) on Thursday said it expected losses of more than $100 million after one of its planes was destroyed when it collided with another aircraft on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport this week. All 379 people on …
U.S. insurer AIG was the lead insurer on a $130 million “all-risks” policy for the Japan Airlines airplane which collided with another plane at Tokyo’s Haneda airport, two insurance industry sources said on Wednesday. AIG declined to comment. All 379 …
