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- Pilot's Neglect of Advice Causes Air Crash[Oct. 31, 2006]
The pilot's neglect of advice from air traffic controllers to wait for a lightning storm to clear before taking off caused a Nigerian plane crash, which killed nearly 100 people on October 29, according to media reports on October 31.
- Nigerian Airliner with 104 People Crashed[Oct. 30, 2006]
On October 29, Nigerian airliner with more than 100 people on board crashed. This happened near the airport in the capital city, Abuja. At least seven people are reported to have survived. This is the third plane crash in Nigeria this year.
- Yankees' Player Dies in Plane Crash[Oct. 11, 2006]
A small plane carrying New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor slammed into a 40-story apartment building on Manhattan's Posh Upper East Side on Oct.11, the famed baseball team said.
- Small Plane Crashes into New York Building[Oct. 12, 2006]
A small plane crashed into a high-rise building on Manhattan's Upper East Side on Wednesday, sparking a blaze.
- Officials Seek Brazil Plane Crash Cause[Oct. 03, 2006]
Investigators on Monday were trying to determine how two new aircraft equipped with the latest anti-collision technology clipped each other in flight, causing a crash that killed 155 people in the nation's worst air disaster.
- Airline Agrees Payout over Crash Pollution[Oct. 03, 2006]
China Eastern Airlines has agreed to pay 21.40 million yuan (US$2.68 million) to a park in northern China in compensation after a plane crash nearly two years ago spilled gallons of jet fuel into a lake.
- Rescue Crew Combs Brazil Plane Wreckage[Oct. 02, 2006]
Rescue workers on Sunday hunted through the wreckage of a Brazilian jetliner that crashed in the Amazon rain forest, likely killing all 155 people on board in what would be Brazil's worst air disaster.
- No Sign of Survivors from Brazil Plane[Oct. 01, 2006]
Military helicopters lowered a rescue team by rope Saturday into the remote Amazon jungle site where an airliner slammed into the ground, but authorities held out little hope of finding survivors among the 155 people on board.
- Missing Plane Found, No Survivors[Sep. 30, 2006]
The wreckage of the Boeing 737-800 airliner that disappeared over dense Amazon rainforest in Brazil with 155 people on board has been found, a Gol Airlines spokesman said Saturday.
- Brazilian Plane Crashes, 155 Aboard Missing[Sep. 30, 2006]
A Brazilian airline passenger plane with 155 people on board disappeared over the Amazon jungle on Friday after colliding with a small plane, the company and news reports said.