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


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