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A worker assists his colleague during the lift up of a damaged tyre from the Lion Air flight JT610 jet, at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 5 2018. (Beawiharta/Reuters)

Lion Air jet should have been grounded before fatal crash, Indonesia says

The Boeing 737 MAX vanished from radar about 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta, slamming into the Java Sea

File photo of a Germanwings Airbus A320.

Jet crash in French Alps reported to have no survivors

Germanwings airliner 4U9525 carried 148 passengers when it crashed in the region Les-Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

Bad weather not the cause of TransAsia plane crash

Taiwan authorities say the weather had been suitable for flying when the TransAsia plane crashed, killing 48 people.

Two killed as South Korean Boeing crashes, burns in San Francisco

An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 with 307 people on board crashed and burst into flames as it landed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday.

A file photograph from November 2005 shows Kenya’s then internal Security minister George Saitoti in Nairobi.

Kenya security minister killed in chopper crash

Kenya’s minister for internal security George Saitoti and his deputy have been killed when a police helicopter crashed into a forest on Sunday.

Dozens dead in Angola plane crash

At least 30 people — including three Angolan generals — have been killed after a military aircraft crashed at an airport in Huambo, south of Luanda.

All 13 passengers found dead at plane wreck site

There were no survivors from the plane wreckage of two aircraft that was found on Mamotswiri peak on Tuesday, police have said.

Wreckage of missing planes found

The wreckage of the two aircraft that went missing in George’s Valley near Tzaneen has been found, Search and Rescue South Africa has told media.

Search for missing planes resumes in bad weather

The search for two aircraft carrying 13 people that went missing in George’s Valley near Tzaneen resumed on Tuesday morning despite rainy conditions.

Search continues for missing planes

A ground search for 12 people in two aircraft that went missing in George’s Valley continued in bad weather conditions, Search and Rescue SA says.

Aircraft crash-lands south of Durban

The plane that crashed in Merebank — south of Durban on Thursday — declared an emergency shortly after take-off, carrier Airlink said.