- Plane Crash Kills One, Injures Another in Russia[Jan. 28, 2008]
On Jan. 28, a two-seat plane crashed in southern Russia, leaving the pilot dead and the passenger in intensive care, RIA news agency reported.
- Six Killed in U.S. Small Plane Crash[Feb. 01, 2008]
On Jan. 31, six were killed as a small plane crashed in northwest North Carolina amid an unfavorable weather, according a local TV report.
- Private Plane Collision Kills Five in Southern California[Jan. 20, 2008]
On Jan. 20, five people were killed after two private planes collided in midair in the afternoon in southern California, authorities said.
- BA 777 Takes Severe Damage After Rough Heathrow Landing[Jan. 18, 2008]
UK's Air Accident Investigation Branch will be joined by the US National Transportation Safety Board and Boeing to investigate Jan. 17's accident at London Heathrow, where a British Airways 777-200ER landed in the grass several hundred meters short of Runway 27L near a busy perimeter road in the afternoon.
- Two Injured in Helicopter Crash in St. John's, Canada[Jan. 10, 2008]
On Jan. 10, two people were injured after a helicopter crashed in a wooded area in Canada's eastern city of St. John's, reports said.
- Six Killed in Small Plane Crash Off Alaska[Jan. 06, 2008]
Six people were killed and four were later recovered after a small plane crashed into the waters off the southern Alaska coast on Jan. 5, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Jan. 6.
- China Maintains Clean Aviation Record in Safety in 2007[Jan. 14, 2008]
China's civil aviation industry achieved a clean sheet in safety last year and notched up 3.7 million hours of flight, both cargo and passenger, a 15.4 percent year-on-year increase.
- Helicopter Crashes in Central Mexico, Killing 8[Jan. 11, 2008]
A helicopter crashed in the central Mexican state of Puebla on Jan. 11, killing eight people aboard, including the two pilots, spokesman for the state Javier Sanchez Galicia said.
- Four Killed After Small Plane Crashes in Northwest Ohio[Jan. 12, 2008]
Four people were killed on Jan. 12 after a small plane they were aboard crashed in northwest Ohio, local media reported.
- Fatal Airline Accidents Hit An All-Time Low in 2007[Jan. 02, 2008]
Global figures for commercial aviation crashes in 2007 show an all-time low of 23 fatal accidents, and even the number of fatal casualties, at 597, was well below the annual average for the last 10 years.