The causes of these accidents range as far and wide as the locations where the mishaps occurred, but a noticeable trend is that regional jets have had a consistently high share of accidents. The MHI (formerly Bombardier) CRJ900 has been especially prone to mishaps this year.

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport confirmed that the bodies of the two pilots who disappeared in the province were found, and their planes were found.

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee recommended legislation that would create new aviation safety standards.

Four recent crashes and accidents have ties to Kentucky and Southern Indiana, including. Here's what we know about each of them.

TOKYO — Japan grounded most of its aging military training aircraft on Wednesday after one of the planes crashed minutes after take off. Two crew are missing after the T-4 training aircraft operated by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force crashed after ...

Full implementation of safety changes following a passenger's fall from an Norra ATR 72-500 in January last year had not been completed before a similar accident with the same aircraft type the following November.

The tendency to pitch up violently, or enter an uncontrollable dive at the stall led to pilots flying the approach into airports 30mph faster than the intended speed often creating problems that the brake chute couldn’t solve. 1958 saw three aircraft lost in accidents with subsequent years seeing a steady drum beat of losses.

After the disastrous 1980 hostage crisis in Iran, the United States recognized the need for an aircraft capable of taking off and landing like a helicopter, but flying as fast as an airplane. The result was the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey,

India to host Asia Pacific aircraft accident investigators meeting in New Delhi, discussing processes and reporting with international participants.