accidents

The accident’s death toll has climbed to at least 12 people.

Officials said the aircraft made an unexpected turn right before touching down.

The International Civil Aviation Organization’s 2025 Global Aviation Safety Report shows an increase in the number of accidents for commercial flights.

Aviation authorities are investigating after an Air India flight plunged 900 feet and received multiple critical warnings shortly after takeoff.

In Indonesia, a Sukhoi SSJ100 crashed after disobeying an instrument warning. All 37 occupants and eight crew members were killed when a Russian-built Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashed into Mount Salak in Indonesia on May 9, 2012, when it was conducting a demonstration tour of Asia. In 2001, Sukhoi determined the demand for a regional airliner […]

This week marks the 35th anniversary of the deadliest single aircraft accident in aviation history. Japan Airlines flight 123, a B747 flying from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport to Osaka International Airport, crashed 32 minutes after departure near Mount Osutaka in Japan, killing 520 people. All but four passengers were lost in the accident. Despite the accident […]

U.S. intelligence officials have revealed their belief that Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, which crashed moments after departing Tehran on Wednesday, was accidentally shot down by a Soviet-built surface-to-air missile operated by the Iranian military. The crash occurred soon after the Iranian military launched missiles at U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq after the death […]

Kazakhstani Bek Air has had its operating certificate suspended by government authorities. The suspension has come after the fatal crash of a Fokker F100 operating a domestic flight on the morning of December 27. The aircraft was operating a domestic flight from Almaty to the country’s capital Nur-Sultan. Preliminary reports indicate that 12 people have […]

On Oct. 29, Lion Air flight 610 crashed into the Java Sea shortly after taking off from Jakarta, killing all 189 passengers and crew onboard. Just over a month earlier—on Sept. 28—Air Niugini flight 73 crashed in Micronesia, leaving one dead. On May 18, 112 perished as Cubana de Aviación flight 972 crashed soon after […]

On Sunday, a Russian Antonov An-148 crashed shortly after takeoff from Moscow Domodedovo International Airport. The crash killed all 65 passengers and 6 crew members onboard. The flight was supposed to be on a routine domestic flight from Moscow to Orsk. The cause of the accident is still under investigation. The accident is just the […]