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 ...

“Home Alone” director Chris Columbus revealed that the legendary aftershave face slap scene was partially improvised by Macaulay Culkin. Columbus shared that the crew erupted into laughter after ...

The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was one of the last great long-range airliners developed by Boeing before the jet age. The ...

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

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

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 type ... a fire had started on board causing the ...

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

So, if you're a pilot, and air traffic control (ATC) says that a plane is flying above ... happened when two Boeing 747 jumbo jets, which can carry a lot of cargo and passengers, collided on ...

The medium-size freighters also freed up capacity on 747 aircraft for increased long-haul work between Europe, Asia and the United States, according to a Challenge Group news release. Last year the ...