NATO scrambled two Eurofighter jets over the Baltic Sea on Sept. 21 after a Russian reconnaissance aircraft was detected flying without a filed flight plan, the German Delegation to NATO reported. The aircraft, an Il-20M, departed from Russia and entered international airspace without establishing communication, making visual identification the only way to confirm its presence. … Read more
The plane had taken off from the capital Nairobi’s Wilson Airport and was destined for Somaliland. An air ambulance has crashed into a residential area near the Kenyan capital Nairobi, killing at least six people and injuring two others, according to a local official. The mid-size jet took off from Wilson Airport at 2:17pm local … Read more
Facebook Tweet Email Link Almost 50 people including children are feared dead after a Soviet-era passenger plane crashed in Russia’s far-eastern Amur region, state media reported on Thursday, citing local officials. The plane, an Antonov An-24, was flying on a regional route from Khabarovsk to Blagoveshchensk and Tynda when it disappeared from the radar, the … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean navy plane with four crew members crashed during a training flight on Thursday and it was not immediately known if they survived, the navy said. The P-3C patrol plane took off from its base in the southeastern city of Pohang at 1:43 p.m. but fell to the ground … Read more
Aurelio Martinez, a famed and beloved musician and politician from Honduras, was among 12 killed in a plane crash Monday night in the Caribbean. According to reports, Martinez, 56, was onboard a Lanhsa airlines Jetstream plane that crashed off the coast of Roatan, Honduras. The plane had just taken off from Roatan and had reportedly … Read more
A small passenger plane crashed seconds after taking off from a Caribbean island near mainland Honduras on Monday, killing all but five of the 17 people on board, the authorities said. Among those killed was Aurelio Martínez, a popular Honduran musician and politician, his record label said in a statement. The Jetstream 32 aircraft was … Read more
Seventeen-year-old boy charged with eight offences following incident on Jetstar Airways plane. A teenager has been arrested in Australia after boarding a commercial aircraft with a loaded shotgun, police have said. The 17-year-old boy was overpowered and detained by crew and passengers following the incident at Avalon Airport, about 60km (37 miles) from Melbourne, on … Read more
CNN — At least two people were killed Friday after a small plane crashed onto a busy road and collided with a bus in São Paulo, southern Brazil, leaving charred aircraft parts strewn along the highway. The crash took place around 7:20 a.m. local time (5:20 a.m. ET) along Avenida Marquês in the coastal district … Read more
BREAKINGBREAKING, Ronald Reagan national airport halts all takeoffs and landings following midair collision. A regional jet and a military helicopter have collided midair in Washington, DC, the United States, forcing a halt to all takeoffs and landings at Ronald Reagan Washington national airport, authorities have said. A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 jet collided with a … Read more
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Saturday apologized for the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane this past week, breaking the Kremlin’s three-day silence on the accident that killed 38 people. He did not explicitly acknowledge Russia’s responsibility for the crash. Mr. Putin “offered his apologies” for the crash in a phone call to … Read more