Plane crash

Indonesia locates remains of 10 passengers on crashed surveillance plane

The ATR 42-500 turboprop owned by aviation group Indonesia Air Transport (IAT) lost contact with air traffic control on Saturday at about 1:30 p.m. local time around in South Sulawesi.

Indonesian rescue members search for victims at the site of a landslide, which hit Cibeunying village on November 13, in Cilacap, Central Java province, Indonesia, November 15, 2025.
Libya's army chief of staff Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad attends a ceremony at a medical training camp on a military base in Al-Khums, Libya, December 21, 2025

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Austin, Texas on November 05, 2025.

Six killed as Mexican plane carrying burned 2-year-old crashes off Texas coast

National Transportation Safety Board investigators view the wreckage of a Cessna 550 business jet after several people, including former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, were killed in a crash during severe weather, at Statesville Regional Airport in Statesville, North Carolina, December 19, 2025.

Multiple questions remain in plane crash that killed NASCAR legend Greg Biffle, six others


Military helicopter collides with passenger plane near DC, 60 feared killed

'This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!' President Trump wrote on Truth Social.

 Rescuers on a boat work next to the wreckage of a Black Hawk helicopter at the site of the crash after it collided with the American Eagle flight 5342 which was approaching Reagan Washington National Airport and crashed into the Potomac River, outside Washington, U.S., January 30, 2025.

Only two survive after South Korean plane carrying 181 crashes, bursts into flames

179 people have been killed after a Boeing 737-800 aircraft drove off the runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in South Korea on Sunday, Korean media reported.

 Firefighters carry out extinguishing operations on an aircraft which drove off runaway at Muan International Airport in Muan

El Al suspends flights to Moscow following downing of Azerbaijani plane

A new assessment of the situation will be conducted next week, and a decision will be made as to whether operations on the route will resume.

 An El-Al Boeing 767 lands in Moscow, Russia, October 23, 2012

Early indications that Russian anti-aircraft system may have hit Azerbaijan plane, US official says

An Embraer passenger jet crashed in Kazakhstan after diverting from an area of Russia in which Moscow has used air defense systems against Ukrainian drone strikes.

 A drone view shows emergency specialists working at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan December 25, 2024.

Passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashes in Kazakhstan with many feared dead

Unverified video of the crash showed the plane, which was operated by Azerbaijan Airlines, bursting into flames as it hit the ground and thick black smoke then rising.

Reported drone footage of the site of a passenger plane crash in Kazakhstan, December 25, 2024.

Brazilian airliner crashes, all 61 on board killed

The airline said it could not provide further information on what caused the plane, which had a PS-VPB registration, to crash.

 Sao Paulo police car.

Malawi vice president Chilima and nine others killed in plane crash

Chilima was arrested in 2022 over graft allegations, however, a court dropped the charges last month after the director of public prosecutions filed a notice for the case to be discontinued.

 Malawi's Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima, May 21 2019.

One dead, 30 injured as Singapore Airlines flight hits turbulence

 The interior of Singapore Airline flight SG321 is pictured after an emergency landing at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Thailand, May 21, 2024.

Iran’s Raisi joins long list of political leaders involved in mysterious crashes

It isn't expected that presidents should go missing or be involved in crashes. However, historically, a number of important political and military leaders have met their end in crashes.

 A view of the wreckage of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter at the crash site on a mountain in Varzaghan, northwestern Iran, May 20, 2024

Iranian president, foreign minister dead after helicopter crashes into mountain

All passengers on board the helicopter, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, were killed in the crash on Sunday.

 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visits the military equipment of IRGC Navy in Bandar Abbas, Iran, February 2, 2024.