Investigators scrutinizing the events leading up to Saturday's Asiana Airlines plane crash in San Francisco are examining the behavior of the pilots in the minutes leading up the crash—during which the Boeing 777 was flying at a dangerously low rate.
One of the two passengers killed in Saturday's Asiana Flight 214 crash may have been run over by emergency response vehicles. SF Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White said the victim, a 16-year-old girl, had trauma consistent with getting run over. An autopsy is now being performed to determine cause of death.
The seven Americans killed in Monday's plane crash in Afghanistan (horrifying video of which was captured on a dashboard camera) have been identified. Officials are still investigating the crash, but NATO has denied the Taliban's claims of responsibility.
Southwest Airlines seems to have a problem keeping its planes together these days, so Discovery News thought it would be a good idea to ask some expert what would happen if you get sucked out of a plane. It's scary stuff.
A former aide and longtime friend of ex-Sen. Ted Stevens says Stevens was killed in an Alaskan plane crash. Update: Outlets are confirming that Stevens' family has been told of his death and are preparing a statement.
More than 160 people are believed to be dead following a plane crash in India.
A ten-year-old Dutch boy is perhaps the lone survivor among the 104 souls aboard Afriqiyah Air flight 8U771, which crashed last night in Tripoli. He's been taken to the hospital with "bone injuries." They're calling it a miracle. Sigh. [CNN]
The only survivor known survivor thus far of the Yemeni plane that crashed with 153 people aboard last night off the coast of the island nation of Comoros is a five-year-old child.
Remember last week we learned that a bomb threat had been called into Air France just days before Flight 447 vanished over the Atlantic? Well, now we've learned that two passenger names match those of Al Qaeda terror suspects.
This weekend, after several false alarms, searchers finally found some bodies from Air France 447, which "disappeared" over the Atlantic Ocean one week ago.
Sad and scary news: Several days before Air France Flight 447 vanished from the sky, a bomb threat delayed another flight from South America to France.
A Continental Express flight from Newark crashed into a home in the suburbs near its destination of Buffalo. All 48 people on the plane were killed, plus one on the ground.
Michael Bloomberg presented keys to the city this morning to Chesley Sullenberger and four other members of the crew of Flight 1549 for their heroic efforts in saving the lives of 155 people a couple of weeks ago. "These true professionals are not there to just serve drinks and snacks. They are there to keep us safe,"…
Virgin doesn't have a problem mocking current events as part of its own ad campaigns. (Perhaps you saw Virgin Mobile's Eliot Spitzer-themed ad last year?) But clearly Virgin America isn't quite as happy when other people do it. The company filed a lawsuit against the advertising blog Adrants.com yesterday over a…
Hero co-pilot of the Hudson Jeff Skiles, who was right there in the cockpit when Primary Hero Chesley Sullenberger landed that plane in the river, is finally breaking his silence! He's in the tank.
Saying that it was "truly sorry," US Airways mailed out $5,000 checks over the weekend to each of the 150 passengers who were aboard Flight 1549 when it crashed into the Hudson last week. The checks are intended to compensate passengers for their luggage, which the airline now says may be "unrecoverable," but US…
How many New York Times reporters does it take to cover a plane crash? 34. No wonder the paper had to mortgage its office building. [Doree]
