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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A U.S. man hijacked a small plane in Belize on Thursday, stabbing two passengers and a pilot, before one of the stabbed passengers fatally shot him, officials in Belize and the United States said. The plane then landed safely. The Tropic Air plane was carrying 14 passengers and two crew members, […]
U.S. Bank vice chair Terry Dolan was the only person on board a single-engine airplane that crashed and exploded over the weekend, a Minnesota medical examiner confirmed Tuesday. Dolan, 63, was killed when the SOCATA TBM7, which had taken off from Des Moines, Iowa, fell from the sky Saturday . . .
A 2023 plane crash that killed a state senator from North Dakota, his wife and two of their children was most likely caused when the senator — who was piloting the plane — became disoriented while taking off at night without runway lights, federal aviation investigators said on Thursday. The senator, Doug Larsen, 47, a […]
People across the US are worried about flight safety after several high-profile plane crashes this year, including a commercial crash in Washington DC that killed 67 people. Google searches for “is flying safe” have jumped in recent weeks. But the numbers suggest 2025 has actually . . .
CNN — A Southwest Airlines plane and a private jet that entered the runway without authorization experienced a close call at Chicago Midway International Airport on Tuesday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Southwest Flight 2504 landed safely at the Chicago airport . . .
Watch: Toronto plane crash analysed by aviation experts Delta Air Lines is offering US$30,000 (£23,792) to each person on board a plane that crash-landed in Toronto on Monday – all of whom survived. As it landed in the Canadian city, the plane skidded along the runway in flames before flipping over and coming to a […]
More than 60 people are believed to have been killed after an American Airlines plane collided with an army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, DC. American Airlines said on Thursday that 60 passengers and four crew members were on board the jet travelling from Wichita, Kansas, to the United […]
Black Hawk pilots may not have heard a critical directive from air traffic control to fly behind the American Airlines plane in the seconds before it collided with the jet, and may have had “bad data” on the altitude they were flying at, according to investigators. Seventeen seconds before the deadly Jan. 29 crash, which […]
Officials confirmed the crew of the Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines passenger plane near Ronald Reagan Washington International Airport may not have known it was flying too high and may not have heard critical messages from air traffic control prior to the fatal crash. The Jan. 29 crash over […]
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is examining “bad data” the crew of an Army Black Hawk helicopter may have relied upon prior to its deadly crash with a passenger jet outside Washington D.C. late last month, an official said on Friday. “We are working to determine if this bad data for pressure altitude only […]