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- UN Expresses Sadness over Iranian Air Crash[Sep. 02, 2006]
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has expressed his sadness over the crash of an Iranian passenger plane earlier on Friday, a UN spokesman said Friday.
- Some 80 Killed as Aircraft Catches Fire[Sep. 02, 2006]
At least 80 passengers were killed as an Iranian airliner caught fire on Friday while landing in the northeastern city of Mashhad, Iran's state television reported.
- Controller Distracted Before Crash[Aug. 31, 2006]
The lone air traffic controller on duty on the morning of the Kentucky air crash had cleared the jet for takeoff, but turned away as the plane veered down the wrong runway.
- 86 Victims of Russian Plane Identified[Aug. 27, 2006]
The bodies of 86 victims killed in Tuesday's plane crash have been identified, the Interfax news agency reported on Sunday.
- Air Crash Occurs in KY, U.S., 49 Killed[Aug. 27, 2006]
Police and emergency vehicles are seen near the crash site of Comair flight 5191 in Lexington, Kentucky, August 27, 2006. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
- Crashed Comair CRJ200 Used Wrong Runway[Aug. 28, 2006]
The pilots of the Comair CRJ200 that crashed into a field while taking off from Lexington, Ky., Blue Grass Airport early Sunday morning used the wrong runway, National Transportation Safety Board Member Deborah Hersman confirmed in an evening briefing.
- Black Boxes Found in Aircraft Wreckage[Aug. 24, 2006]
Investigators last night recovered both the flight data recorder and the voice recorder from the wreckage of a Russian passenger plane that crashed into a Ukrainian field after apparently being hit by lightning during a severe thunderstorm, killing all 170 people aboard.
- Hero Saves Pilot from Burning Wreck[Aug. 09, 2006]
A young pilot is in a coma after his light aircraft crashed into the roof of a house yesterday, minutes after taking off from Brisbane's Archerfield airport in Queensland, Australia.
- Air India Suspect Gets Limited Standing[Jul. 26, 2006]
A man who was once a prime suspect in the Air India bombing has won the right to limited participation in a public inquiry into the tragedy that killed 331 people in June 1985.
- China Delivers Consolation to Russia[Jul. 10, 2006]
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Sunday sent a consolatory message to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the tragic crash of an Airbus 310 passenger plane at a Siberian airport early of the day.