Here’s a look at commercial passenger airplane crashes. For crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism, see Terrorism and War-Related Airplane Crashes Fast Facts. On August 12, 1985, the largest ...

Authorities are working to recover the wreckage of a plane crash in western Alaska that killed 10 people, while investigators are trying to determine what caused the small commuter aircraft to go down ...

Airlines are constantly disposing of old aircraft and acquiring new ones. The reasons rarely have much—if anything—to do with ...

The USS Macon crash brought a quick end to the U.S. Navy’s vision of “flying aircraft carriers” powered by helium gas ...

In fact, a lithium battery fire caused the crash of UPS Flight 6 in 2010, which was a Boeing 747 that was known for ... that there's no one inside the plane's cargo hold that can visually monitor ...

With two major crashes in December bringing total airline deaths to 318, 2024 was the deadliest year in commercial aviation since 2018.

The pilot in command was Captain Dawie Uys, 49, a veteran with more than 13 843 hours flying experience, 3 884 of those on the Boeing 747 aircraft type ... a fire had started on board causing the ...

The history of military aviation is filled with powerful and deadly aircraft that have played significant roles in warfare.