Plane Crashes
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Ethiopian Airlines boss says Boeing MAX jet ‘reliable’
The aircraft was grounded in 2019 after two fatal crashes, but Ethiopian Airlines reintroduced it to the air in February
Two arrested in UK over online image of Sala’s body
The photo claims to show the post-mortem examination of Sala’s body in Dorset, southwest England, which was carried out on February 7
Cardiff striker Sala ‘concerned about plane’ in final audio message
Police on the British island of Guernsey resumed the search on Wednesday for a missing plane carrying Premier League player Emiliano Sala
Indonesian Lion Air plane crashes into sea with 189 passengers, crew
The jet vanished from radar just 13 minutes after taking off from the Indonesian capital, plunging into the ocean
Two floating objects could be Malaysia Airlines wreck
Two objects possibly related to the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been sighted in the southern Indian Ocean.
No South Africans on missing Malaysia Airlines plane
The department of international relations says no South Africans were on the Malaysia Airlines jet, which vanished with 239 people on board.
Bodies extracted from Lanseria plane wreckage
Rescue workers have removed three bodies from the wreckage of a light aircraft that crashed at Lanseria International Airport on Monday morning.
Tourists and pilot die in Kenya plane crash
Four people, including two German tourists, have died after a plane they had chartered crashed in the famed Masai Mara game reserve.
Scores feared dead as airliner crashes in Pakistan
A Pakistani airliner with at least 131 people on board has crashed in bad weather near Islamabad’s international airport.
Three dead, scores injured in US air show crash
A vintage fighter plane plunged into the grandstands on Friday during a popular air racing show, in Reno, killing three and injuring 56 people.
Chile air force plane with 21 aboard crashes
A Chilean air force plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean killing all 21 passengers on board, including a popular local television host.
Air France crash blamed on pilot error
Pilots could have saved the plane after it lost speed readings, according to French air investigation report into 2009 accident.
Forty-four killed in Russian plane crash
A Russian passenger jet crashed in heavy fog and burst into flames on a highway in north-western Russia on Monday night.
One survivor from DRC plane crash
Thirty-two people including UN officials and peacekeepers were killed on Monday when a plane crashed on landing in heavy rain in the DRC capital.
Italtile CEO killed in plane crash
The CEO of tile company Italtile, Gianpaolo Ravazzotti, was one of nine people killed in a plane crash over Plettenberg Bay on Tuesday.