Latest Plane crashes News

Aviation experts say Russia's air defense fire likely caused Azerbaijan plane crash as nation mourns

Dec. 26, 2024 17:11 PM EST

Aviation experts said Thursday that Russian air defense fire was likely responsible for the Azerbaijani plane crash the day before that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured. Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer 190 was en route from Azerbaijan's capital of Baku to the Russian...

What is known about a plane crash in Kazakhstan as experts suspect Russian air defense fire

Dec. 26, 2024 16:03 PM EST

Aviation experts said Thursday an Azerbaijani airliner that crashed in Kazakhstan most likely went down after being hit by Russian air defense systems. Here are some things to know about the crash that killed 38 out of the 67 people on board: How did the plane crash? ...

Azerbaijani airliner crashes in Kazakhstan, killing 38 with 29 survivors, officials say

Dec. 25, 2024 22:31 PM EST

An Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashed Wednesday near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, killing 38 people and leaving 29 survivors, a Kazakh official said. Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbaev disclosed the figures while meeting with Azerbaijani officials, the Russian...

Kazakhstan officials say 38 people have died after an Azerbaijani airliner crashed near the city of Aktau

Dec. 25, 2024 10:53 AM EST
MOSCOW (AP) — Kazakhstan officials say 38 people have died after an Azerbaijani airliner crashed near the city of Aktau.

Kazakhstan's emergency ministry says 42 people likely dead in Azerbaijan Airlines' plane crash

Dec. 25, 2024 03:18 AM EST
MOSCOW (AP) — Kazakhstan's emergency ministry says 42 people likely dead in Azerbaijan Airlines' plane crash.

An Azerbaijan Airliner has crashed in the Kazakhstani city of Aktau

Dec. 25, 2024 02:49 AM EST
MOSCOW (AP) — An Azerbaijan Airliner has crashed in the Kazakhstani city of Aktau.

At least 10 are killed as a small plane crashes into a Brazilian town popular with tourists

Dec. 22, 2024 17:18 PM EST

A small plane crashed into a Brazilian town that's popular with tourists on Sunday, killing all 10 passengers on board and injuring more than a dozen people on the ground, Brazil's Civil Defense Agency said. The agency in a post on X said the plane hit the chimney of a home and then...

Lithuania says it sees no sign of sabotage in the crash of a DHL cargo plane

Dec. 20, 2024 11:45 AM EST

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — An investigation of last month's crash of a DHL cargo plane as it approached the airport in Vilnius has found no indication of “unauthorized interference,” the Lithuanian government said Friday. The plane crashed and skidded into a house in the early...

Malaysia agrees to resume 'no find, no fee' hunt for flight MH370, 10 years after plane disappeared

Dec. 20, 2024 06:28 AM EST

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's government has agreed in principle to accept a second “no find, no fee” proposal from a U.S. company to renew the hunt for flight MH370, which is believed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean more than 10 years ago, Transport Minister Anthony...

Honolulu plane crash exposes Hawaii’s fragile air cargo infrastructure

Dec. 19, 2024 15:47 PM EST

The crash of a Kamaka Air plane in Honolulu Tuesday has again exposed the fragility of the state’s interisland transport infrastructure and left neighbor island residents temporarily without an essential service. Two men died when a Cessna 208B struck an unoccupied building on the...