Plane crash

Trial for alleged builder of bomb in 1988 Lockerbie attack postponed by US judge days before start

The Boeing 747 exploded minutes after takeoff from London on December 21, 1988, killing all 259 people on board, including 190 Americans, and 11 people on the ground in Scotland.

Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi, accused of making the bomb that blew up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland in 1988, is shown in this Alexandria Sheriff's Office photograph taken in Alexandria, Virginia on December 11, 2022.
Gripen JAS 39 fighter aircraft of the Hungarian Air Force release trails of Hungary's national colours as they fly over the parliament building during a ceremony marking the country's national day attended by guests and ambassadors accredited to Hungary on August 20, 2026, in Budapest.

Hungarian Gripen fighter jet crashes near Szolnok as pilot safely ejects, PM Magyar says

A Cessna 414A plane is parked near the runway January 6, 2001 in Los Angeles; Illustrative.

Eight confirmed dead after charter plane crashes in western Alaska

A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (foreground); illustrative.

Thirteen dead after tourism aircraft crashes near Nazca Lines in Peru


Two firefighting helicopters collide in California, killing three

The first helicopter landed safely after the collision but the second one crashed, killing all three people who were on board.

 A helicopter is seen during a fire in Perris, California, US, July 15, 2023

Russian fighter jet crashes into Sea of Azov near Russian coast

A Russian Su-25 fighter-bomber crashed into the Sea of Azov on Monday.

 Sukhoi Su-25

Colombian children who survived five weeks in jungle released from hospital

"They have recovered size and weight, really they are very well," Astrid Caceres, the director of the country's child welfare institute, told journalists.

Children from a Cessna 206 plane that crashed in thick jungle, play in a recovery center after being discharged from the Military Hospital in Bogota, Colombia, in this handout photo released and distributed on July 14, 2023

Six dead in corporate jet crash outside Los Angeles

The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash, the FAA said.

 Cessna C550

This new AI autopilot algorithm can help pilots avoid crashes - study

Researchers at MIT have developed new algorithms that could help human pilots deal with extreme near-crash events.

 An Israeli El Al plane flying above the clouds.

Four Colombian children found alive in jungle weeks after plane crash

Rescuers, supported by search dogs, had previously found discarded fruit the children ate to survive, as well as improvised shelters made with jungle vegetation.

 Colombian military soldiers attend to child survivors from a Cessna 206 plane that crashed in the jungles of Caqueta, in limits between Caqueta and Guaviare, June 9, 2023.

The unsolved mystery of the 1999 'ghost flight' accident

To this day, nobody knows why the small jet lost contact minutes after takeoff and crashed down to earth, four and a half hours later.

 Learjet 35 flying in the sky

Jet fighters chase small plane in Washington DC area before it crashes

The reason for lack of response from the pilots remains unclear to authorities.

 Washington, DC skyline (Illustrative).

Colombian children found alive in jungle weeks after plane crash

The four children, aged 13, 9 and 4, as well as an 11-month-old baby, survived the impact and were rescued over two weeks after the crash.

 An aerial view of the Amazon river, before the signing of a document by Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos that will allow for the conservation of the Tarapoto wetland complex in Amazonas, Colombia January 18, 2018.

This person survived a plane crash and 11 days in the Amazon jungle

Juliana Koepcke was 17 when she boarded a flight from Peru to Germany, when suddenly lightning struck the plane and it crashed as she fell 3 kilometers to the Amazon jungle.

 Juliana Koepcke