Amid a wave of deadly plane crashes making headlines in 2025—including the recent Air India crash that left hundreds dead—many are reflecting on the long history of aviation disasters, especially ...

In August 1988, tens of thousands of spectators gathered at Ramstein Air Base in what was then West Germany for a major international air show attended heavily by American military personnel and their ...

In 1998, a commuter plane traveling from Lyon, France to Brittany suddenly explodes in midair and spirals into Quiberon Bay. Follow the unimaginable chain of events that led to this crash and discover ...

About 11 hours after the nation’s worst airline disaster in more than two decades, an X user posted a dramatic image of rescuers climbing atop the wreckage in the Potomac River, emergency lights ...

The tragic crash of Air India’s AI171 on June 12, which claimed 270 lives in one of the worst airline disasters in recent years, has triggered a crisis of confidence in Indian aviation. India is one ...

In perhaps one of the worst aviation disasters in history, Air India Flight 171‘s crash resulted in numerous fatalities — among both passengers and locals on the ground. However, one survivor came ...

Crowds gather for the memorial service to mark the anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster at Old Trafford Ash Donelon/Manchester United via Getty Images Throughout the 1990s, only a dozen or so people ...

It has only been a few hours since Air India flight AI171 crashed in Ahmedabad, killing more than 260 people, yet public speculation about the causes of the disaster is already rife. Parts of the ...

On Jul 2, 2021 — Transair Flight 810 (Boeing 737): Minutes after a night takeoff from Honolulu, a cargo crew reports engine trouble and ditches in the dark Pacific — but the recovered wreckage tells a ...

A massive explosion tears a hole in a 747 over Hawaii, and the trail of clues ultimately leads investigators to a catastrophic short circuit. After a DC-8 cargo plane with only three working engines ...