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Plane crashes and aviation accidents

Plane crashes and aviation accidents
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Russian plane crash kills all 48 on board in country’s far east
Russia

Video | Russian civilian plane crash kills all 48 on board

India

Air India warned over ‘systemic’ safety lapses days after fatal crash

Russia

Plane crashes in Russia’s far east, killing all 48 on board

Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong to Delhi Air India flight catches fire after landing, passengers safe

Airline says flight AI315 experienced an auxiliary power unit fire shortly after landing at Indira Gandhi International Airport.

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An Air India Airbus A320 aircraft. Photo: Getty Images
South Korea

‘Upsetting’: dancing Jeju Air crew stir backlash in South Korea

Social media users slam the airline for being tone-deaf, say it is too soon for lighthearted videos after the December crash that killed 179 people.

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India

Air India completes Boeing fuel switch inspections amid crash probe

After flight 171’s fatal crash linked to fuel control switches, the carrier inspected its Boeing 787 and 737 fleets, with a final report anticipated in a year.

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Bangladesh

Video | At least 27 killed as Bangladesh military jet crashes into school

Officials said the aircraft ‘experienced a technical malfunction’ moments after take-off.

Bangladesh Air Force jet crashes into school, killing at least 27, mostly children
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Bangladesh

Children among 27 killed as plane crashes into Bangladesh school

Officials said the aircraft ‘experienced a technical malfunction’ moments after take-off.

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South Korea

Jeju Air crash: did pilots shut down wrong engine?

The bereaved families and pilots’ union rejected the report, calling for more scrutiny into other contributing factors, a source said.

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United States

US airliner moved ‘aggressively’ to avoid collision with B-52 bomber

The July 18 incident, involving a SkyWest-operated Delta jet near a North Dakota US Air Force base, is under investigation.

US Air Force Boeing B-52 bomber. File photo: Shutterstock
Aviation

After 2025’s string of aviation scares, are the skies still safe?

Experts say air travel is still the safest mode of transport and accidents such as the Air India crash remain ‘statistical outliers’.

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High-profile accidents may unsettle travellers, but they rarely result in long-term behavioural shifts, psychologists say. Photo: Shutterstock
India

US official says Air India crash report suspecting pilot error ‘premature’

NTSB chief Homendy said investigations of this magnitude take time amid reports that the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane’s engines.

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Italy

Felix Baumgartner, famed for skydive from edge of space, dies in crash in Italy

Austrian extreme sportsman lost control of his paraglider and crashed into a swimming pool.

Aviation

Emirates flight from Dubai diverted after failing to land in Hong Kong

Plane was rerouted to Kaohsiung after at least two attempts at landing, reportedly because of wind conditions.

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The flight was diverted to Kaohsiung International Airport in Taiwan on Monday. Photo: Handout
India

New details in Air India crash probe shift focus to plane’s captain: report

The senior pilot was the one who turned off switches that controlled fuel flowing to the plane’s engines, a black box recording indicates.

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Wreckage of the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane lies outside Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, India, on July 12. Photo: Reuters
Aviation

Planes have near miss after Air China flight’s unexplained change of height

The passenger jet and SF Airlines cargo plane come within 100 or so metres of each other while on a direct collision course over Russia.

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India

‘We want transparency’: pilots warn against blaming crew in Air India crash

As investigators hint at human error in last month’s Air India tragedy, pilot associations are pushing back.

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Britain

Video | London Southend Airport shuts after ‘fireball’ crash

London Southend Airport to remain closed one day after 'fireball' crash, casualties unconfirmed
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Britain

4 die in London airport ‘fireball’ plane crash

Witnesses described seeing the aircraft invert and crash, prompting a major emergency response and widespread flight cancellations.

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India

Explainer | Air India crash: what ‘black boxes’ can tell investigators about plane accidents

‘Black boxes’ or flight recorders, are vital for aviation accident investigations, helping reconstruct events leading to a crash through data analysis and video recreations.

United States

Boeing settles with Canadian father who lost family in Ethiopian 737 Max crash

The agreement came just days before the first trial for the 2019 crash that led to a worldwide grounding of Max jets was scheduled to start.

Rescuers at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 plane crash near Bishoftu, south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 11, 2019. Photo: AP
India

Fuel to Air India jet engines cut off moments before crash: probe

Before aircraft lost altitude, killing 260 people, one pilot asked the other why he cut off the fuel, and the second said he had not.

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A firefighter stands next to the wreckage of an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner in Ahmedabad, India, in June. Photo: Reuters
Italy

Man sucked into plane engine at Italy’s Bergamo airport; flights suspended

The man was neither a passenger, nor a member of airport staff.

United States

US skydiving plane’s crash after take-off leaves 8 hospitalised

3 hospitalised passengers are in critical condition while 5 are listed as serious.

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India

Investigators simulate Air India flight 171 crash, focus on dual engine failure

Separate from India’s official investigation, the flight simulator reenactment and turbine deployment indicate a potential technical malfunction in the Boeing 787 crash.

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The tail of Air India flight 171 is pictured after it crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad on June 12. Photo: AFP
India

After the crash, can Air India’s leadership shake-up rebuild trust?

Tata Group’s Natarajan Chandrasekaran has personally assumed command of Air India, leading a Herculean effort to restore passenger confidence.

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A screengrab from video footage shows smoke rising from a residential area after Air India flight 171 crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12. Photo: AFP
Aviation

‘Terrifying’: China flight forced to land, passengers report burning smell

Shanghai-bound Shandong Airlines flight diverted because of ‘aircraft malfunction’, lands safely in eastern China.

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India

Indians turn to US$500 therapy, avoid Boeing as fear of flying soars post-crash

Since the June 12 crash, ‘people don’t want to hear about Dreamliners’, as many travellers shun Air India and seek alternative airlines.

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