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 ...

Although its numbers have thinned, ten airlines still operate the enormous, graceful Airbus A380 for international luxury ...

A U.S. Army captain who died in Wednesday’s midair collision of a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet was “brilliant and fearless” and “meticulous in everything she did,” ...

The mid-air collision in Washington DC in January 2025 brings out several aspects of human factors that can result in an ...

In the 1940s, with the U.S. facing a huge pilot shortage, more than 1,000 women were trained to fly military planes ...

We hate to break it to you, but the dirtiest spot on an airplane is the tray table where you eat your meals. According to a ...

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 ... that the National Party government had been using ...

Authorities at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport say a Japan Airlines plane that was taxiing on the tarmac apparently clipped the tail of a parked Delta aircraft Wednesday morning. In a post ...

A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.

A tragic collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines ... National Transportation Safety Board is conducting a thorough investigation to determine the cause of the crash.