Passengers on an American Airlines flight were evacuated on to the tarmac of an airport in Colorado as a fire broke out on the plane, sending smoke billowing into the…
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S Korea. Power bank likely caused plane fire – investigators
A portable power bank likely caused a fire that engulfed and destroyed a passenger plane in South Korea in January, according to local authorities. The Air Busan plane caught fire at…
USA: Two killed after small planes collide midair in Arizona
At least two people have died after two small planes collided midair near an airport in Arizona, police said. A Cessna 172S and a Lancair 360 MK II, both fixed-wing,…
Canada: Passengers on crashed Toronto plane offered US$30,000 each
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…
Canada: Investigators probe cause of Toronto Delta plane crash
Investigators are looking into what made a Delta plane crash land and flip over at Toronto’s Pearson Airport on Monday, an incident all 80 people on board survived. Airport CEO…
Canada: Three critically injured after plane flips at Toronto airport – emergency services
One child and two adults have been critically injured after a plane crashed and overturned while landing at Toronto Pearson airport in Canada, according to emergency services. Images shared on…
South Korea: Authorities order airports to install bird detection cameras
All South Korean airports will need to install bird detection cameras and thermal imaging radars, after an air crash in December last year killed 179 people. The rollout is set…
USA: All 10 onboard Alaska plane confirmed dead in crash
Crews are still working to recover the bodies of 10 people killed in a plane crash in Alaska, officials have said. Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board,…
USA: Missing Alaska plane found with three confirmed dead – US Coast Guard
The US Coast Guard has said the wreckage of a small plane that went missing in Alaska on Thursday has been found, with three people confirmed dead. The coastguard said…
USA: Air traffic control staffing ‘not normal’ during DC crash – officials
Air traffic control staffing was “not normal” at the time of a mid-air collision between a military helicopter and passenger plane in Washington D.C. that killed 67 people, Transportation Secretary…