Airplane Crashes | featured news

A wing of an Airbus A380, the world’s biggest commercial passenger jet, clipped the tail of another plane while taxiing out to depart John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday night.

At least 10 people died Monday in the crash of a U.N. plane as it attempted to land in the Congo, a U.N. official said.

French officials say they could begin recovering victims of Air France's 2009 Rio plane crash within weeks, days after wreckage was found.

The death toll from a plane crash in northwestern Iran has risen to 77, news agencies in the country reported Monday.

Federal officials say the pilot of a small airplane is dead after a crash in central Illinois. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Tony Molinaro says the single engine home-built aircraft took off from the Decatur Airport on Thursday afternoon and crashed 1.5 miles east of the airport.

A state airliner filled with Cubans and travelers from Europe and Latin America crashed and burst into flames in a mountainous area after declaring an emergency and losing contact with air traffic controllers, the island's worst air disaster in more than 20 years.

UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board crashed shortly after takeoff Friday outside Dubai, officials said.

The Air Force says two Greek fighter jets have crashed in mid-air during a training exercise. There was no immediate word on casualties. The Air Force says the F-16 planes — one a single-seater and one a double-seater — collided over ...

A plane carrying 96 people has crashed in northeast China, government and airline company officials told state-run media.

One passenger was killed and 34 were injured when lightning hit an airplane and caused it to split into at least two parts when landing early Monday on the island of San Andres, Colombia, Gov. Pedro Gallardo told CNN en Espanol.