https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/rss/330237/feed en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg Reuters Reuters An Omani Flydubai co-pilot had intended to seize a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight and crash it into a terminal at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport on September 30 in a suicide attack before he ‌was thwarted by the captain, the UAE attorney general said on Friday. Attorney General Hamad Saif al Shamsi’s statement did not appear to implicate Flydubai in any wrongdoing and contained the most detailed account yet from prosecutors about what they believe to have happened. Flydubai was not immediately available for... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/middle-east/article/3370407/omani-flydubai-co-pilot-planned-crash-plane-israeli-airport-uae-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/middle-east/article/3370407/omani-flydubai-co-pilot-planned-crash-plane-israeli-airport-uae-says?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:01:59 +0000 Danny Mok Danny Mok A 74-year-old retired Hong Kong police officer lost control of his paraglider in strong air currents and suffered multiple injuries after crashing on Lantau Island, a probe into the fatal 2024 accident has found. A report published by the Air Accident Investigation Authority on Monday detailed the incident involving the pilot at Sunset Peak, Hong Kong’s third-highest mountain, on June 17, 2024. The authority urged paragliding groups to stress the importance of thorough risk assessments before... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3369815/man-74-lost-control-paraglider-strong-winds-probe-fatal-crash-finds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3369815/man-74-lost-control-paraglider-strong-winds-probe-fatal-crash-finds?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:08:28 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US Authorities on Sunday suspended the search off the Massachusetts coast for six people on an air ambulance that disappeared during a flight from Bermuda to Boston. The US Coast Guard said authorities searched more than 7,081km (4,400 miles) over a span of 66 hours for the four Canadians and two people from Bermuda who were on board. “Suspending a search is not an easy decision,” Rear Admiral Matthew Lake, commander of the Coast Guard’s northeast district, said in a statement. “We express our... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3369735/search-continues-missing-bermuda-boston-flight-crews-plan-comb-seabed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3369735/search-continues-missing-bermuda-boston-flight-crews-plan-comb-seabed?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Oct 2026 22:56:01 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The Indian airline captain who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a Flydubai flight described on Friday how he fought for his life in the minutes after his co-pilot stabbed him and the plane began a steep descent. Captain Smit Machchhar, recovering in an Abu Dhabi hospital, told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a televised video call that he knew he had to get back on his feet to save his passengers. “I had so many wounds. I had fallen down,” he said from the hospital, his head... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/middle-east/article/3369612/indian-pilot-hailed-hero-recalls-flydubai-cockpit-attack?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/middle-east/article/3369612/indian-pilot-hailed-hero-recalls-flydubai-cockpit-attack?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:14:13 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Tehran was likely to be involved in an attack by a pilot on a Flydubai flight to Israel and that Iran would be “hit very hard” if it was. The co-pilot allegedly assaulted the captain before passengers managed to save the plane from crashing. Israel’s prime minister said the man had undergone “Islamist radical indoctrination”. “I would say the answer, based on what I’m hearing, is yes but we’re working on it right now,” Trump said when asked by... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/middle-east/article/3369486/trump-vows-hit-iran-very-hard-if-linked-flydubai-attack?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/middle-east/article/3369486/trump-vows-hit-iran-very-hard-if-linked-flydubai-attack?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:36:02 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Investigators worked on Thursday to determine why an Omani pilot stabbed the captain of a flight to Israel, causing the plane to plummet dangerously before others on board landed it in Saudi Arabia. Passengers on the Flydubai plane – which was carrying 174 people, mostly Israelis, from the United Arab Emirates to Tel Aviv – have described how the bloodied Indian captain managed to open the cockpit door to let them in before they grappled with the co-pilot and stabilised a descent so sharp that... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/middle-east/article/3369475/investigators-probe-why-co-pilot-stabbed-captain-flydubai-flight-israel?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/middle-east/article/3369475/investigators-probe-why-co-pilot-stabbed-captain-flydubai-flight-israel?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:45:07 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Israel’s leader credited the Indian pilot of a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight, as well as the aircraft’s passengers, with averting catastrophe on Wednesday after the man was attacked by his co-pilot, sparking a fight for control of the aircraft and forcing an emergency landing. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the co-pilot of the Flydubai jet had been trying to crash it and kill all its passengers, with Israel’s foreign ministry denouncing the incident as “an attempted terrorist attack” aimed at... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/middle-east/article/3369392/israel-pm-hails-indian-pilot-wounded-diverted-flydubai-flight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/middle-east/article/3369392/israel-pm-hails-indian-pilot-wounded-diverted-flydubai-flight?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:45:03 +0000 Reuters Reuters An NBC local news helicopter crashed in the Chatsworth area of Los Angeles on Tuesday evening, killing three people, NBC said during a live television broadcast. NBC Los Angeles anchors on air identified the aircraft as their NewsChopper 4 helicopter. “We’ve been telling ‌you that we’ve been piecing it together here. We knew it was a news chopper. We knew we’d lost contact with our people out there, and we’ve just received the confirmation that, in fact, NewsChopper 4 went down just before 7... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3367672/news-helicopter-crashes-los-angeles-killing-3?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3367672/news-helicopter-crashes-los-angeles-killing-3?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Sep 2026 05:01:26 +0000 Reuters Reuters One pilot of the Amazon Prime Air cargo plane that crashed in Miami on Sunday cautioned they were flying “too fast” just over a minute before touching down on the runway they overran, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The pilot continued to comment on the plane’s speed while automated warnings sounded in the cockpit. However, the other ‌pilot did not give a clear verbal response, according to the cockpit voice recording detailed in an investigative update on Wednesday that did not... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3367005/too-fast-too-low-pilot-pressed-landing-despite-warnings-miami-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3367005/too-fast-too-low-pilot-pressed-landing-despite-warnings-miami-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Sep 2026 04:55:52 +0000 Reuters Reuters Five people, including medical ⁠staff, died after a “flying ⁠doctor” service helicopter crashed in Malaysia on Tuesday, authorities and state news agency reports said, as haze from wildfires complicated search efforts. Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad in a statement ‌said initial information showed a pilot and four ministry staff were aboard the chopper that crashed near Sarawak state’s Long Lellang short take-off and landing airport. Among them were a medical officer, an assistant medical... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3366852/flying-doctor-helicopter-crash-malaysia-kills-5-people?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3366852/flying-doctor-helicopter-crash-malaysia-kills-5-people?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Sep 2026 02:28:31 +0000 Reuters Reuters Investigators with the US National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday they had recovered the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane that overran the runway and crashed while landing in Miami on Sunday, killing five people ‌on the ground. NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said the two devices, commonly referred to as the black boxes, were being returned to the agency’s headquarters in Washington on Monday night for evaluation. The 32-year-old... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3366697/black-boxes-recovered-amazon-cargo-plane-crash-miami?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3366697/black-boxes-recovered-amazon-cargo-plane-crash-miami?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Sep 2026 22:58:37 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press An Amazon cargo plane barrelled off a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, killing at least five people and injuring five others as it struck vehicles and was engulfed in flames, authorities said. The aircraft overran the runway around 2pm after arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and ploughed across a road used by warehouse workers and other businesses that surround the airport. Five people were killed, three critically injured and two others hospitalised with less severe injuries,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3366567/amazon-cargo-plane-crashes-bursts-flames-miami-airport-after-overshooting-runway?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3366567/amazon-cargo-plane-crashes-bursts-flames-miami-airport-after-overshooting-runway?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Sep 2026 20:28:02 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A Greek air force plane crashed at an air show north of Athens on Saturday, killing the two pilots, officials said, as thousands of people attended the event. A fire after the crash sent up large plumes of black smoke. There were no injuries among the spectators. The crash of the twin-seat Phantom F4 jet took place during a low-altitude manoeuvre. Air force officials in Greece said the bodies of the two pilots were located during a rescue operation, hampered in the early stages by the fire on... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3366502/2-pilots-killed-after-greek-air-force-plane-crashes-annual-air-show?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3366502/2-pilots-killed-after-greek-air-force-plane-crashes-annual-air-show?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:07:27 +0000 Meredith Chen Meredith Chen A Boeing 747-8 operated by Air China reportedly suffered a fuel leak at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport early on Monday, forcing the cancellation of the flight. No injuries were reported in or around the aircraft, which was expected to operate flight CA982 from New York to Beijing that day. The leak is said to have occurred between 1am and 2am while the plane was parked at the gate, according to posts on Chinese social media. It was being refuelled when the fuel truck moved... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3366093/air-china-boeing-747-grounded-new-york-following-gate-refuelling-incident?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3366093/air-china-boeing-747-grounded-new-york-following-gate-refuelling-incident?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:15:53 +0000 CNA CNA The wife of a British passenger who died after severe turbulence struck Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight SQ321 in May 2024 has begun legal proceedings against the carrier in Britain, seeking damages after she suffered serious spinal injuries in the incident. Linda Kitchen, 74, broke her back during the flight and has begun High Court proceedings seeking damages to help her access specialist support for her recovery, the BBC reported. Her husband Geoff Kitchen, 73, had also died on the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3365728/wife-british-man-who-died-after-turbulence-sues-singapore-airlines?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3365728/wife-british-man-who-died-after-turbulence-sues-singapore-airlines?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Aug 2026 03:04:31 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg The US Federal Aviation Administration is taking steps to fire two air traffic controllers determined to have left their shifts early before an Air Canada Express plane collided with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport in March, according to people familiar with the matter. The moves are in keeping with a broader push by the Trump administration to crack down on controllers leaving shifts early or abusing sick leave, said the people, who asked to remain anonymous because the information... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3365508/us-air-traffic-controllers-left-work-early-fatal-crash-faa-wants-them-fired?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3365508/us-air-traffic-controllers-left-work-early-fatal-crash-faa-wants-them-fired?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:11:38 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press South Korea’s police said on Thursday they were seeking indictments of seven transport ministry officials over the 2024 Jeju Air crash that killed all but two of the 181 people on board. The Boeing 737-800 operated by Jeju Air skidded off the runway at Muan International Airport in southern South Korea after its landing gear failed to deploy, slamming into a concrete structure and bursting into flames. Authorities have found traces of bird strike in the plane’s engines and the plane’s two black... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/east-asia/article/3365399/south-korean-police-look-charge-7-lying-about-concrete-structure-jeju-air-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/east-asia/article/3365399/south-korean-police-look-charge-7-lying-about-concrete-structure-jeju-air-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Aug 2026 04:06:52 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A federal judge on Monday postponed a trial in the US for a former Libyan intelligence official charged in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, citing the discovery of new evidence that defence lawyers want to examine in the nearly 40-year-old case. Jury selection was scheduled to begin Wednesday for the federal trial of Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi in Washington DC. His trial will be the first in the US for the December 21, 1988, bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, which killed 270... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3365118/judge-postpones-us-trial-libyan-man-charged-1988-lockerbie-bombing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3365118/judge-postpones-us-trial-libyan-man-charged-1988-lockerbie-bombing?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Aug 2026 23:15:29 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press An aeroplane pilot died on Wednesday after a violent collision with a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter near a runway at a small airport, but both state troopers aboard the helicopter survived, authorities said. The plane was coming down on the runway and veered into the helicopter that was near the ground, Lieutenant Colonel George Bivens, the state’s acting police commissioner, said during a news conference. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3364728/plane-pilot-killed-us-collision-police-helicopter?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3364728/plane-pilot-killed-us-collision-police-helicopter?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:27:24 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Ecuador’s intelligence chief and five US citizens died when a helicopter carrying tourists crashed in central Kenya on Wednesday, killing all seven people on board, officials said. The accident happened at 9.13am local time, in Samburu county, north of the capital, Nairobi, according to the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA), after the aircraft departed from the Loisaba wildlife reserve. Images shared by the Kenya Red Cross on social media in the afternoon showed a crash site in... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/africa/article/3364602/7-killed-kenya-tourist-helicopter-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/africa/article/3364602/7-killed-kenya-tourist-helicopter-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:15:38 +0000 dpa dpa A helicopter pilot has died after crashing in a forest in eastern Germany while carrying out liming work, the police directorate in the city of Chemnitz said on Friday. Workers managed to pull the man from the helicopter after the impact, police said. Despite immediate first aid administered at the scene, the man died from his injuries. The helicopter had no other people on board. Police did not provide information on the identity of the pilot or the cause of the accident near the small town of... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3364107/pilot-dies-after-helicopter-crash-german-forest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3364107/pilot-dies-after-helicopter-crash-german-forest?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:52:45 +0000 Aisyah Llewellyn Aisyah Llewellyn For Indonesian families who lost loved ones in the 2018 Lion Air crash that killed 189 people, the latest development in the US courts has deepened their pain that justice remains out of reach. Keith Griffin, a Californian lawyer who worked with disgraced Hollywood celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi in compensation suits related to the crash, was sentenced by a federal court in Chicago last week to one day in prison with credit for time served, meaning he avoided any further time behind... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/people/article/3364093/indonesian-families-lion-air-crash-victims-suffer-again-predatory-lawyer-evades-jail?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/people/article/3364093/indonesian-families-lion-air-crash-victims-suffer-again-predatory-lawyer-evades-jail?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:37:04 +0000 Reuters Reuters ⁠Bird remains were found ⁠in the engine of a Ryanair Boeing 737 NG plane where a passenger was partially sucked through a broken window shortly after take-off from Greece in July, the US National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday. The NTSB ‌is investigating the incident where a piece of the engine broke off the plane and smashed the window. The plane, headed to Germany, lost pressure and was forced to make an emergency landing. The NTSB said in its preliminary report into the July 10... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3363961/bird-remains-found-engine-after-man-nearly-sucked-out-window-ryanair-flight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3363961/bird-remains-found-engine-after-man-nearly-sucked-out-window-ryanair-flight?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:30:30 +0000 William Zheng William Zheng A China Southern Airlines flight was forced to abandon its departure and return to the gate at Shenzhen airport over the weekend after the Airbus A321 aircraft was struck by lightning while taxiing. Flight CZ3209, bound for the city of Wuxi in China’s eastern Jiangsu province, was waiting on the ground during a heavy thunderstorm on Saturday afternoon when the incident occurred, according to a report by The First Scene, a news portal under Shenzhen Media Group. The incident came to light on... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3363538/lightning-hits-china-southern-airbus-a321-while-taxiing-20-strike-marks-found?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3363538/lightning-hits-china-southern-airbus-a321-while-taxiing-20-strike-marks-found?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:49:23 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse India’s aviation ministry said Sunday that an Air India pilot whose flight plunged dramatically in turbulence, injuring 17 passengers and crew is undergoing a “confirmatory” psychoactive drug test. The Airbus A320, carrying 137 passengers and eight crew, lost around 300 feet (91 metres) on August 4 while flying from Phuket in Thailand to New Delhi, before stabilising and landing safely, the civil aviation ministry said. Eight passengers and four cabin crew members were admitted to hospitals... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3363459/air-india-pilot-undergoes-confirmatory-drug-test-after-flight-plunge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3363459/air-india-pilot-undergoes-confirmatory-drug-test-after-flight-plunge?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:16:32 +0000 Frank Chen Frank Chen A near-miss on Tuesday involving an All Nippon Airways (ANA) plane coming dangerously close to another jet while approaching Tokyo’s Haneda Airport from Shanghai has thrown aviation safety back into focus – particularly, anti-collision technology and protocols – according to industry professionals based in China. While the intervention of one jet’s traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) prevented contact between the two planes, analysts said there were lessons China could learn from the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/global-economy/article/3363065/what-caused-near-miss-between-two-jets-near-tokyo-and-what-can-china-learn?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/global-economy/article/3363065/what-caused-near-miss-between-two-jets-near-tokyo-and-what-can-china-learn?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Aug 2026 02:00:07 +0000 Reuters Reuters The Federal Aviation Administration said a military helicopter carrying President Donald Trump on Tuesday was briefly too close to a passenger jet departing Reagan Washington National Airport, ‌but the US leader was not in danger. The incident raised serious questions about why the passenger plane was allowed to depart while Marine One was nearby, a time when commercial traffic is typically halted. Following a January 2025 crash between a military helicopter and a commercial jet that killed 67... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3363102/helicopter-trump-board-came-too-close-passenger-jet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3363102/helicopter-trump-board-came-too-close-passenger-jet?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Aug 2026 23:13:36 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse German police raised the alarm at an airport overnight after an explosive-laden drone was found near a Ukrainian cargo plane and another aircraft collided with an unknown flying object nearby before landing safely. All flights to Leipzig-Halle airport were diverted for several hours from around midnight as police deployed a bomb-disposal robot to remove the detonator from the explosive in the drone The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) had been found on the tarmac. The airport in eastern Germany... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3363050/german-airport-diverts-flights-after-security-alert-over-unidentified-object?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3363050/german-airport-diverts-flights-after-security-alert-over-unidentified-object?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:33:58 +0000 Meredith Chen Meredith Chen An All Nippon Airways passenger jet took evasive action after coming close to a government inspection aircraft near Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday, in the latest aviation safety incident at the airport since a deadly runway collision in 2024. According to Japanese media reports, ANA flight NH968 from Shanghai was approaching the airport at around 6am on Tuesday when its traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) was activated, warning of a potential collision risk with another aircraft. The... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3363017/narrow-escape-how-ana-flight-shanghai-avoided-collision-tokyo-airport?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3363017/narrow-escape-how-ana-flight-shanghai-avoided-collision-tokyo-airport?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Aug 2026 06:03:49 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Greece’s fire department says the collision of two firefighting helicopters battling a major wildfire burning out of control west of Athens on Sunday left two crew members dead, while another two were recovered alive. The fire department said the dead crew members were one Greek and one Danish national, while the two who were recovered alive were one Greek and one British national. Foreign firefighting and helicopter crews are often deployed in Greece to help tackle wildfires during the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3362725/greece-firefighting-helicopters-collide-battle-contain-wildfires-continues?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3362725/greece-firefighting-helicopters-collide-battle-contain-wildfires-continues?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:16:08 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse At least 13 people died when a small plane carrying tourists to view Peru’s famed Nazca Lines archaeological site crashed, police said on Saturday. “We have information that 11 passengers and two crew members have died,” Police Major Jorge Andrade told reporters from the crash site in the country’s south. The incident happened just after 1pm local time after the plane took off from the airport in Pisco, located about 240km (150 miles) south of the capital Lima. “Given the severity of the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/americas/article/3362667/tourist-plane-crashes-peru-killing-13-people-sightseeing-flight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/americas/article/3362667/tourist-plane-crashes-peru-killing-13-people-sightseeing-flight?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Aug 2026 20:59:18 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The US Marine Corps says the pilot of an F-35B stealth fighter is expected to live after ejecting from the jet before it crashed in California. The jet went down on Friday near the Miramar airbase in San Diego. “The pilot ejected, was transported to a local medical facility in stable condition for evaluation and treatment of non-life-threatening injuries,” the Marine Corps said in an updated statement. Aerial video from a news helicopter showed a plume of black smoke rising from the wreckage in... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3362610/f-35b-stealth-fighter-crashed-california-us-marine-corps-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3362610/f-35b-stealth-fighter-crashed-california-us-marine-corps-say?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:29:30 +0000 dpa dpa Two men died when a light aircraft crashed into a single-family home in the northern German state of Lower Saxony on Saturday. A police spokesman reported that initially one body was recovered from inside the aircraft in Ganderkesee, near Bremen. The second body was found later. Emergency services had been searching for the missing second passenger for hours. The aircraft is believed to have taken off from Bremen shortly before the crash, before losing altitude in a residential area in... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3361848/1-dead-after-small-plane-crashes-house-germany?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3361848/1-dead-after-small-plane-crashes-house-germany?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:46:10 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse One soldier died and four were injured on Thursday when a military helicopter crashed in the Czech Republic, the army said. “A Venom helicopter has crashed at the 22nd helicopter base in Namest nad Oslavou. Five soldiers were on board. Emergency services are currently deployed at the scene,” the army wrote on social media. In a later post, it added that one soldier was killed and four injured in the crash. “Our absolute priority now is to provide all possible care and support to the injured... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3361637/1-dead-4-injured-czech-army-helicopter-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3361637/1-dead-4-injured-czech-army-helicopter-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:30:16 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Searchers have found the wreckage from a Pan Am flight that plunged into the ocean off Puerto Rico in 1952, an accident that killed 52 and led to requirements for the passenger safety briefings given on every commercial flight. The plane, the Clipper Endeavor, made a hard landing after losing engine power shortly after take-off. The 17 passengers and crew who survived told investigators everyone lived through the landing, but panic set in as many passengers struggled to find life vests and the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3361407/wreckage-pan-am-plane-found-decades-after-crash-changed-aviation-safety?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3361407/wreckage-pan-am-plane-found-decades-after-crash-changed-aviation-safety?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:13:23 +0000 Ralph Jennings Ralph Jennings China has tightened regulations for low-altitude aviation within 300km (186.4 miles) of Beijing’s geographic centre after a small plane hit a skyscraper, with authorities now requiring mandatory background reviews for pilots, according to a veteran aviation analyst. The regulatory move affected crewed aircraft near Great Wall tourist sites, aerial tours of Beijing’s suburban mountains, and agricultural-use flights north of the capital, but was expected to have little impact on drones and... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/china-economy/article/3359993/china-restricts-low-altitude-aviation-near-beijing-after-building-strike-analyst?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/china-economy/article/3359993/china-restricts-low-altitude-aviation-near-beijing-after-building-strike-analyst?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Jul 2026 01:00:07 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Civilian and navy searchers off Pakistan’s coast on Wednesday located and recovered wreckage of a cargo plane that disappeared while approaching the southern port of Karachi, and a search continues for five missing crew members, officials said. The aircraft operated by the private carrier K2 Airways had departed from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates and reported a navigational system problem before losing contact with air traffic control late on Tuesday. The Pakistani navy and civilian teams... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3359891/search-crew-goes-plane-wreckage-found-pakistans-coast?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3359891/search-crew-goes-plane-wreckage-found-pakistans-coast?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:06:45 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A passenger jet reported striking a drone while approaching JFK International Airport on Monday, and just hours later, a helicopter pilot alerted a close call with a remote-control plane near the same airport. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the first incident that happened as a JetBlue plane passed through 3,000 feet (914 metres) Monday morning while it was crossing the coastline. The plane landed safely in New York without any additional help, and no damage was found when... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3358846/passenger-jet-reports-striking-drone-approaching-jfk-airport-land?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3358846/passenger-jet-reports-striking-drone-approaching-jfk-airport-land?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:39:20 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A skydiving plane crashed on Sunday in northeastern France, killing all 11 people on board – among them a group of nurses – local authorities said, the country’s deadliest ever general aviation accident. The crash in the town of Tomblaine killed five instructors, five students and the pilot, said Yves Seguy, the prefect of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department. The students were nurses, according to the head of Meurthe-et-Moselle’s nursing council, Thierry Pechey. “They were colleagues who had... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3358666/11-killed-plane-crash-northeastern-france?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3358666/11-killed-plane-crash-northeastern-france?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:57:01 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A helicopter crash in Saudi Arabia killed 14 Saudi citizens on Sunday, the kingdom’s official press agency reported, adding that the aircraft belonged to state oil giant Aramco. The Saudi Press Agency, citing an official at the energy ministry, reported the helicopter crashed in Ras Tanura in the country’s east. “The accident claimed the lives of all 14 passengers, all Saudi citizens,” the agency said, adding that an investigation was under way to determine the cause of the crash. Aramco says it... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/middle-east/article/3358664/saudi-aramco-helicopter-crash-kills-14?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/middle-east/article/3358664/saudi-aramco-helicopter-crash-kills-14?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:19:25 +0000 Reuters Reuters Claude Guillemot, who ⁠co-founded French video-game ⁠publisher Ubisoft with ⁠his brothers in 1986, has died, the company said on Saturday. “Ubisoft was deeply saddened to learn of the death of ‌Claude Guillemot, co-founder of the group and chairman of Guillemot Corp, in an accident,” the statement said. “Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones during this difficult time. No further statements ⁠will be made at this time,” it added. Guillemot, 69, died ‌on Friday in a plane crash in La... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3357796/ubisoft-co-founder-claude-guillemot-dies-plane-crash-france?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3357796/ubisoft-co-founder-claude-guillemot-dies-plane-crash-france?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:37:51 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Eight people died when a US B-52 bomber crashed and erupted into a catastrophic fire shortly after take-off at an air force base in California on Monday, officials said. The heavy bomber was on a routine testing mission with a mixture of military, government and civilian contractors on board when it came down in a huge fireball at Edwards Air Force Base, 95km (60 miles) north of Los Angeles. Footage of the aftermath of the crash, which officials said was “unsurvivable”, showed a large charred... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3357221/8-presumed-dead-after-b-52-bomber-crashes-us-military-base-california?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3357221/8-presumed-dead-after-b-52-bomber-crashes-us-military-base-california?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:52:56 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A plane carrying a pilot and 11 passengers planning to spend a sunny afternoon skydiving crashed on Sunday in Missouri, killing all aboard, authorities said. Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a statement that troopers were at the crash site, helping the Butler Police Department & Bates County Sheriff’s Office. The crash happened near Butler Memorial Airport. The small town of Butler has a population of around 4,300 people and is roughly 105km (65 miles) south of Kansas City. Missouri Highway... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3357085/12-dead-after-plane-skydiving-outing-crashes-missouri-authorities-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3357085/12-dead-after-plane-skydiving-outing-crashes-missouri-authorities-say?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:06:17 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse At least six people died in Brazil on Sunday after two helicopters collided in western Rio de Janeiro, firefighters said. The helicopters crashed into the car park of an electric car showroom, igniting a fire that engulfed at least 20 cars. A statement from firefighters said initial reports pointed to a mid-air collision, adding “six fatalities have been confirmed, all were crew members of the aircraft involved in the accident”. Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Cavaliere said there were “foreign... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/americas/article/3357082/6-killed-after-helicopters-collide-rio-de-janeiro-crashing-car-park?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/americas/article/3357082/6-killed-after-helicopters-collide-rio-de-janeiro-crashing-car-park?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:43:49 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Five Indian air force personnel were killed when a military plane crashed while landing at a base in the country’s remote northeast on Saturday, the military said in a statement. “The Indian Air Force deeply regrets the loss of five personnel in the An-32 accident at Jorhat”, a city in Assam state, the air force said in a statement. It did not say how many people were on board at the time, or whether there were any survivors. However, an air force official, speaking on condition of anonymity as... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3357009/india-military-transport-plane-crash-kills-5?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3357009/india-military-transport-plane-crash-kills-5?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:50:26 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press German airline Lufthansa said it was investigating after the nose gear of a Boeing jet collapsed while the aircraft was parked at a gate at Frankfurt Airport, injuring several employees. Only crew members and ground staff were on board the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner when the front tip of the plane crashed to the ground ahead of passenger boarding for a scheduled flight to Los Angeles on Thursday. The flight was later cancelled. “Several employees were injured and are currently receiving medical... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3356022/nose-down-lufthansa-investigating-boeing-787-landing-gear-collapse-frankfurt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3356022/nose-down-lufthansa-investigating-boeing-787-landing-gear-collapse-frankfurt?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:10:07 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Four people were killed on Thursday in a plane crash on Croatia’s northern Adriatic coast, police said. “According to currently available information four people have died” in the crash of the plane in Medulin, on Croatia’s northwestern Istria peninsula, a police statement said. The accident occurred in the Campanoz area, outside the town, and “all emergency services are on the scene”, it added. The national firefighting association said it had received a report of the crash near the Medulin... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3355992/croatia-plane-crash-kills-4?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3355992/croatia-plane-crash-kills-4?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:33:17 +0000 Lawrence Chung Lawrence Chung A Taiwanese military aircraft crashed during a training mission on Tuesday, killing two experienced pilots and prompting renewed scrutiny of the island’s ageing fleet of T-34 basic trainers. The T-34C aircraft went down at 8.08am at Gangshan Air Base in Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan while conducting a simulated engine-failure exercise, according to the island’s air force. Both pilots on board, Lieutenant Colonel Kuo Chun-nan and Lieutenant Colonel Lu Chi-yu, were killed. The air force said the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3355648/2-taiwan-air-force-pilots-die-t-34c-crash-spurring-probe-and-debate-over-aircraft?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3355648/2-taiwan-air-force-pilots-die-t-34c-crash-spurring-probe-and-debate-over-aircraft?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:42:36 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The Brazilian head of a victims’ association for the 2009 crash of Flight 447 from Rio to Paris said that justice has yet to be served in France’s worst aviation crash after a Paris appeals court found Airbus and Air France guilty of manslaughter. Air France and Airbus, two of France’s most emblematic companies, said in separate statements that they would appeal Thursday’s ruling, potentially prolonging the legal battle for years. Brazilian Nelson Faria Marinho, who lost his son in the crash... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3354499/air-france-2009-crash-verdict-sparks-mixed-emotions-among-victims-families?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3354499/air-france-2009-crash-verdict-sparks-mixed-emotions-among-victims-families?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 May 2026 07:39:14 +0000 Reuters Reuters A Paris appeal court on Thursday found Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter over the 2009 Rio-Paris plane crash ‌that killed 228 passengers and crew in France’s worst air disaster. The verdict is the latest milestone in a legal marathon involving two of France’s most emblematic companies and relatives of the mainly French, Brazilian and German victims. Relatives of some of the 228 passengers and crew who died when the Airbus A330 vanished in darkness during an Atlantic storm... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3354402/paris-court-finds-airbus-air-france-guilty-2009-crash-killed-228?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3354402/paris-court-finds-airbus-air-france-guilty-2009-crash-killed-228?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 May 2026 12:21:36 +0000