Plane crash

JetBlue flight hit drone while approaching JFK airport, FAA says

No damage or evidence of a collision was found after a JetBlue pilot reported hitting a drone while descending toward JFK Airport.

A JetBlue Airbus A321 airplane approaches San Diego International Airport for a landing after a flight from Boston on June 20, 2026 in San Diego, California
Reims-Cessna F172M Skyhawk; illustrative.

At least 11 killed after civilian aircraft crashes in France, local prefecture confirms

A Piper PA-28 Cherokee, light aircraft built by Piper Aircraft, UK, 8th September 1975; Illustrative.

Three Israelis killed as small plane crashes in Maryland woods, aircraft found following day

Emergency responders at the scene of a plane crash on a highway near Laredo, Texas, June 17, 2026.

Jewish Texas tech entrepreneur dies in plane crash near Mexico border


WATCH: Plane lands in Tokyo engulfed in flames after mid-air collision

All 379 passengers and crew on board the Japan Airlines flight were evacuated, but five of the six aboard the Coast Guard plane with which it collided are reported killed.

 Firefighters work at Haneda International Airport after Japan Airlines' A350 airplane caught on fire, in Tokyo, Japan January 2, 2024.

Plane crash in Brazil's Amazon state leaves 14 dead

Governor Lima said that the bodies had already been removed from the aircraft and that the victims were Brazilian tourists.

A man stands near an aircraft after it crashed, which has left 14 dead, in Barcelos, Amazonas State, Brazil September 16, 2023.

Italy's former PM claims France, US downed plane in attempt to kill Gaddafi

81 passengers lost their life on Flight 870 in 1980, leaving it one of Italy's most tragic mysteries.

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, file photo, 2008

Late Russian mercenary Prigozhin spoke about his security in newly surfaced video

"For those who are discussing whether I'm alive or not, how I'm doing - right now it's the weekend, second half of August 2023, I'm in Africa," Prigozhin says in the short video.

  Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of Russian private mercenary group Wagner, gives an address in camouflage and with a weapon in his hands in a desert area at an unknown location, in this still image taken from video possibly shot in Africa and published August 21, 2023.

Kremlin says Prigozhin plane crash may have been caused deliberately

In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry said that Russia's investigation took into account the possibility that the crash had been caused deliberately.

 A view shows a portrait of Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at a makeshift memorial in Moscow, Russia August 24, 2023.

Juice, Ukrainian pilot of the Ghost of Kyiv unit, dies in plane crash

The pilot, named Maj. Andrii Pilshchykov and known by the call sign of Juice, was part of the Ghost of Kyiv unit and dreamed of Ukrainian pilots flying F-16s.

 A Ukrainian MIG-29 fighter jet lands during the Clear Sky 2018 multinational military drills at Starokostiantyniv Air Base in Khmelnytskyi Region, Ukraine October 12, 2018

Russia confirms Wagner mercenary chief Prigozhin died in plane crash

Days after he had been presumed dead, Russia finally confirmed the Wagner leader's demise.

 A view shows a portrait of Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at a makeshift memorial in Moscow, Russia August 24, 2023.

Three Ukrainian military fighter pilots die in mid-air collision

The crash occurred on Friday over the Zhytomyr region, which lies west of Ukraine's capital Kyiv.

 An L-39 Albatross jet trainer aircraft prepares before take off at a military air base in Vasylkiv, Ukraine, August 3, 2016

What happens to Wagner mercenary group after Prigozhin plane crash? - analysis

The fate of the complex, lucrative web of military and commercial operations that Prigozhin and Wagner created hangs in the balance.

 A view shows a portrait of Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at a makeshift memorial near former PMC Wagner Centre in Saint Petersburg, Russia August 24, 2023.

UK believes Prigozhin plane was downed by Russian security agency

The Federal Security Service is Russia's primary security agency. It is Russia's successor to the KGB of the Soviet Union.

 A view shows a portrait of Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at a makeshift memorial near former PMC Wagner Centre in Saint Petersburg, Russia August 24, 2023.