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A passenger plane overshot the runway Thursday, landing in hardened lava surrounding an airport in eastern Congo and injuring 20 people, a U.N.-run radio station reported.
A U.N.-run radio station says a passenger plane overshot a runway in eastern Congo and landed in lava, injuring 20 people.
The U.S. Navy says wreckage of a training plane has been found off the Texas coast nearly three weeks after it went missing.
The pilot who guided his disabled plane to a safe emergency landing in the Hudson River says that a new book that underscores the role of the jet's automation technology in the landing is inaccurate.
One person was killed when a small plane crashed in the heavily populated suburb of San Gabriel northeast of Los Angeles.
A small plane has crashed in southern New Jersey, killing a father and son headed to Indiana for a hunting trip.
A passenger plane with a recent history of technical problems crashed into an airport VIP lounge in Rwanda's capital, killing one passenger, airline officials said Friday.
A US Airways plane en route to Indianapolis has been diverted to an Ohio airport after the crew reported a problem with the landing gear.
Delta Air Lines has suspended a pilot who was charged with trying to strike officers with his plane at a Georgia airport.
A Los Angeles businessman has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for selling uncertified aircraft manufacturing parts that were used to make Boeing 737 airplanes.
TAM Airlines says one of its jets took off from New York's JFK airport but was forced to return 20 minutes into the flight because of a mechanical problem.
Scores of relatives of the 228 people killed in the June 1 Air France jet crash dedicated a memorial in an upscale beach neighborhood Saturday amid strong criticism that the airline has failed to provide them with the answers or compensation they were promised.
Families of victims of crashed Rio-Paris Flight 447 said Thursday a new search for wreckage has been delayed, and they accused French investigators of dragging their feet.
Zimbabwe's transport ministry says one of the national airline's planes collided with five wild pigs on the runway in the capital during takeoff.
Investigators have confirmed that turbulence from a larger plane caused the crash of a government jet that killed Mexico's interior secretary and 15 other people a year ago.
A Turkish-Canadian man was sentenced Tuesday to two years in federal prison for stealing a plane in Canada and flying over three states before landing along a dark southern Missouri highway.
Whether it happened 20 seconds ago or 20 years ago, embarrassing memories have a way of sticking around, no matter how hard we try to forget. In response to , readers shared their own humiliations from their past.
Police in Cyprus say a passenger bolted from an airliner after opening a rear exit and sliding down an emergency chute as it prepared for take off.
A Russian heavy-lift military cargo plane crashed on takeoff Sunday in Siberia, killing all 11 crew members on board, officials said.
A military investigation into Brazil's deadliest air disaster reached no conclusion on blame, but officials said Saturday that pilot error rather than mechanical failure was the more likely cause.
A small plane crashed into an Atlanta-area house and burst into flames, killing the pilot and a woman in the house.
A plane that went missing over the Amazon made an emergency river landing in a remote part of the rain forest and nine of the 11 people aboard survived, the Brazilian air force said Friday.
United Airlines retired its last Boeing 737 on Wednesday, sending it off with a cross-country trip that was a retirement flight for one of its longtime pilots, too.
The U.S. Navy has identified the pilot found after his plane disappeared off the Texas coast on Wednesday.
NATO-led forces have recovered the remains of three American military contractors from the wreckage of a U.S. Army reconnaissance plane that crashed two weeks ago in the rugged mountains of northeastern Afghanistan, the military said Tuesday.
1,000 spiders found in Brit's suitcase A BRIT faces a fine of more than £1million after trying to smuggle 1,000 SPIDERS on a plane. Lee Ardern, 26, was trying to take his haul - including the lethal Brazilian Wandering Spider - into the cabin.
A Better way to flyEveryone hates flying, but these new innovations in terminals and airplanes might change the reasons why you hate it.
Pigs don't fly: Air Zimbabwe plane crashes into bushpig on runway It took a wild pig on the runway at Harare International Airport to reveal what many Zimbabweans have long feared: the country's Civil Aviation Authority and the national airline have gone the way of much of Zimbabwe's other frayed institutions.
Driver Whose SUV Hit By Plane: 'I'm Lucky'- Rush hour traffic consisted of more than just cars on Friday -- a plane was tangled up in the mix as well. A plane hit a sport utility vehicle as it made a hard landing on a city street, KVVU-TV in Las Vegas reported.
Brazilian Indians find plane survivors - Indigenous Indians located nine survivors of a plane that crashed in a river in the Amazon rain forest with 11 people onboard, according to the Brazilian air force. The nine passengers were in good health, the air force said Friday.
Tarantula spotted on plane A passenger says he spotted a tarantula crawling between his legs while sitting on a plane.
Pilot chases runaway plane - National - NZ Herald NewsThe case of a runaway Cessna plane heading towards Queenstown airport's runway with passengers on board but no pilot is being investigated by the Transport Accident Investigation Commission.
Kentucky Family Survives Plane Crash in Virginia"A Northern Kentucky family is lucky to be alive after walking away from a plane crash." Their plane had taken off from "a Cincinnati airport Saturday," October 10, 2009, and crashed in Virginia, according to this WKYT article.
The First Aviation Reporter: A BeekeeprAlmost as astonishing as the fact that a pair of bicycle shop owners invented the airplane is the fact that the first accurate reporting about some of their earliest powered flights appeared not in the New York Times or Scientific American but in an obscure journal for beekeepers.
Salzburg emergency landing as plane engine falls off An aeroplane pilot had to make an emergency landing at Salzburg airport yesterday (Thurs) evening after his aircraft's engine fell off in mid-flight.
Israel Intercepts Plane Overflying Nuclear Reactor"The Israeli air force scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday [October 6, 2009] after a light aircraft flew into restricted air space over its nuclear reactor."
Stunned Passengers Watch Pilots Slug It OutTwo pilots have been grounded after they allegedly left their cockpit mid-flight to trade punches with crew members in front of stunned passengers.
Four Presumed Dead in Evergaldes CrashRescue crews are returning to the Florida Everglades to comb the site of a small plane crash that killed as many as fourr people on board.
Airplane almost hits ship kiteNow that more and more ships are using skysail kites which sometimes fly as high as 300 meters (~1000 feet) to help tow them along to conserve on fuel, a dangerous situation is posed to airplanes by both the kites and the tether.
Aer Lingus crew play wrong message saying plane about to ditchAer Lingus cabin crew caused chaos on a Dublin to Paris flight by accidentally playing a message in French which warned that the plane was about to make an emergency landing.
Air disaster was narrowly averted after pilot error It would have been, aviation experts say, Australia's worst civil air disaster, and it was averted only by seconds.
Hijackers hold Mexican plane on runway Hijackers are holding a flight from Cancun to Mexico City" Mexico Communications Secretary Juan Molinar says the plane is sitting on the runway at the Mexico City international airport"
Shocking moment jet crashes at air show, killing both pilots One moment, the fighter jet was soaring across the skies, to applause of the crowds below. Then something went wrong, and the plane plummeted to the ground just over the horizon, sending a big ball of smoke into the air.
Pilot feared easyJet flight full of holidaymakers would be shot down by military after losing radio contact The pilots of a holiday jet which suffered a potentially catastrophic electrical fault refused to divert to a nearer landing spot because they feared they would be shot down by military craft.
Plane lands on California highway, no major injuries -A single-engine airplane made an emergency landing on a California highway Sunday morning, though no major injuries were reported, authorities said.
We want € 10 to give your lost purse back, Ryanair tells girl of 9A young Irish girl who lost her purse on a Ryanair flight was appalled when she had to give away a quarter of her pocket money for its return.
Skydiver survives 10,000ft fall to the groundPaul Lewis, 40, jumped from a plane and plummeted through the air before crashing on to the roof of a hangar at Tilstock Airfield in Whitchurch, Shropshire.
Pilot Owes His Life to Biggles After Crashing Plane Into a Tree... Then Walking AwayVince Hagedorn crashed his plane into a tree on a golf course on August 12, 2009.
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