Plane crash

LaGuardia controller under investigation in Air Canada Express runway collision

The accident while landing, which killed both pilots and seriously injured another nine people, has revived concerns over limited air traffic control staffing at major US airports.

An Air Canada Express CRJ-900 sits on the runway at LaGuardia Airport on March 23, 2026.
A US Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft takes off from RAF Fairford on March 19, 2026 in Fairford, England. Since UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer back-tracked on his initial refusal to allow the US to use British bases to launch defensive strikes.

Colombian military plane involved in accident had 125 soldiers onboard, media reports

Two US Air Force F-22 stealth fighter jets are about to receive fuel mid-air from a KC-135 refueling plane over Norway en route to a joint training exercise with Norway's growing fleet of F-35 jets August 15, 2018.

US announces names of six US soldiers killed in plane crash in Iraq

IRGC propaganda showing officers planning missile launches towards Tel Aviv, created using Lego, March 10, 2026.

WATCH: IRGC-linked media shares propaganda video using Lego, blaming Israel-US for Minab school


Italy's former PM claims France, US downed plane in attempt to kill Gaddafi

81 passengers lost their life on Flight 870 in 1980, leaving it one of Italy's most tragic mysteries.

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, file photo, 2008

Late Russian mercenary Prigozhin spoke about his security in newly surfaced video

"For those who are discussing whether I'm alive or not, how I'm doing - right now it's the weekend, second half of August 2023, I'm in Africa," Prigozhin says in the short video.

  Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of Russian private mercenary group Wagner, gives an address in camouflage and with a weapon in his hands in a desert area at an unknown location, in this still image taken from video possibly shot in Africa and published August 21, 2023.

Kremlin says Prigozhin plane crash may have been caused deliberately

In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry said that Russia's investigation took into account the possibility that the crash had been caused deliberately.

 A view shows a portrait of Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at a makeshift memorial in Moscow, Russia August 24, 2023.

Juice, Ukrainian pilot of the Ghost of Kyiv unit, dies in plane crash

The pilot, named Maj. Andrii Pilshchykov and known by the call sign of Juice, was part of the Ghost of Kyiv unit and dreamed of Ukrainian pilots flying F-16s.

 A Ukrainian MIG-29 fighter jet lands during the Clear Sky 2018 multinational military drills at Starokostiantyniv Air Base in Khmelnytskyi Region, Ukraine October 12, 2018

Russia confirms Wagner mercenary chief Prigozhin died in plane crash

Days after he had been presumed dead, Russia finally confirmed the Wagner leader's demise.

 A view shows a portrait of Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at a makeshift memorial in Moscow, Russia August 24, 2023.

Three Ukrainian military fighter pilots die in mid-air collision

The crash occurred on Friday over the Zhytomyr region, which lies west of Ukraine's capital Kyiv.

 An L-39 Albatross jet trainer aircraft prepares before take off at a military air base in Vasylkiv, Ukraine, August 3, 2016

What happens to Wagner mercenary group after Prigozhin plane crash? - analysis

The fate of the complex, lucrative web of military and commercial operations that Prigozhin and Wagner created hangs in the balance.

 A view shows a portrait of Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at a makeshift memorial near former PMC Wagner Centre in Saint Petersburg, Russia August 24, 2023.

UK believes Prigozhin plane was downed by Russian security agency

The Federal Security Service is Russia's primary security agency. It is Russia's successor to the KGB of the Soviet Union.

 A view shows a portrait of Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at a makeshift memorial near former PMC Wagner Centre in Saint Petersburg, Russia August 24, 2023.

Wagner mercenary chief's plane was fine on radar until last 30 seconds

Russian investigators opened a criminal probe. Some unnamed sources told Russian media they believed the plane had been shot down.

Firefighters work amid aircraft wreckage at an accident scene following the crash of a private jet in the Tver region, Russia, August 23, 2023.

Wagner Group chief among passengers on crashed plane near Moscow

All ten people on board the aircraft died in the crash, according to the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry.

 A view shows plane wreckage on fire following an alleged air accident at a location given as Tver region, Russia, in this image published August 23, 2023.