Plane crashes

Police Detective Inspector Jon Fanner speaks to the media outside the Old Bailey court in London, after pilot Andrew Hill, whose plane crashed during the Shoreham Airshow killing 11 men, was cleared of manslaughter, Friday March 8, 2019. Andrew Hill had been attempting a loop when his Hawker Hunter jet crashed in August 2015. (Kirsty O'Connor/PA via AP)
March 08, 2019 - 11:21 am

Pilot whose plane killed 11 at UK airshow cleared of charges

LONDON (AP) — A pilot whose plane crashed and killed 11 people at an English airshow has been cleared of manslaughter charges Pilot Andrew Hill was found not guilty of manslaughter at the Old Bailey courthouse Friday. The 54-year-old pilot said he lost consciousness in the air and experienced "...
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Kashmiri villagers and Indian army soldiers gather near the wreckage of an Indian aircraft after it crashed in Budgam area, outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Feb.27, 2019. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
February 27, 2019 - 3:33 pm

The Latest: Pakistan criticizes lack of US rebuke to India

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Latest on escalating India-Pakistan tensions (all times local): 1:30 a.m. Pakistan's ambassador to the United States says that the lack of U.S. condemnation for an Indian airstrike inside his country is seen by his government as having increased tensions between the two...
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Local and federal officials gather at a staging area during the investigation of a plane crash in Trinity Bay in Anahuac, Texas, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. A Boeing 767 cargo jetliner heading to Houston with a few people aboard disintegrated after crashing Saturday into the bay east of the city, according to a Texas sheriff. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
February 26, 2019 - 5:52 pm

Parts of human body found at cargo plane crash site

DALLAS (AP) — Texas authorities have found part of a human body at the site where a Boeing 767 cargo plane crashed Saturday, although it's unclear whether it belongs to the missing crew member. On Tuesday afternoon, a search dog found "part of human remains" amid the debris field left when Flight...
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February 26, 2019 - 12:12 pm

Correction: Cargo Plane Crash story

ANAHUAC, Texas (AP) — In a story Feb. 25 about a cargo plane crash in Texas, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the first two bodies were recovered Sunday. One was recovered on Saturday and the other was recovered Sunday. A corrected version of the story is below: Search continues for...
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February 25, 2019 - 9:41 am

Sala crash report says plane not licensed for commercial use

LONDON (AP) — Air accident investigators say the plane carrying soccer player Emiliano Sala was not licensed for commercial use by authorities. The initial report from the Air Accident Investigation Branch says investigators have yet to determine if it could be classified as a private flight if...
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February 25, 2019 - 3:56 am

Sheriff: 1 body recovered from Texas cargo plane crash site

ANAHUAC, Texas (AP) — Search and recovery crews have recovered one body and the search continued Sunday for two more at the site where a Boeing 767 cargo plane crashed into a coastal bay near Houston with three people aboard. The Chambers County Sheriff's Office said on Facebook that the body was...
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February 24, 2019 - 9:39 am

Spain: 2 dead when small plane crashes north of Madrid

MADRID (AP) — Authorities in Spain say that two people have died when a small plane crashed more than 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Madrid. Emergency services for the region of Castilla y Leon say that both people were passengers on the plane that had taken off from a local airfield. Emergency...
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Houston cargo crash
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February 23, 2019 - 8:36 pm

Sheriff: No likely survivors in jetliner crash near Houston

HOUSTON (AP) — A Boeing 767 cargo jetliner heading to Houston with three people aboard disintegrated after crashing Saturday into a bay east of the city, according to a Texas sheriff. Witnesses told emergency personnel that the twin-engine plane "went in nose first," leaving a debris field three-...
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February 23, 2019 - 8:29 pm

Small plane crashes at airport; instructor and student die

MANSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say an instructor pilot and his student died when the small plane they were in crashed at a Massachusetts airport. Mansfield police say 31-year-old Sydney Miti, of Waltham, and 18-year-old Julian Lattermann, of Dover, were killed on impact. Authorities didn't say...
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FILE - This Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015 file photo, shows the reconstructed wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, put on display during a press conference in Gilze-Rijen, central Netherlands. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 broke up high over Eastern Ukraine killing all 298 people on board. A Dutch safety watchdog says airlines around the world need more and better information to make risk assessments about flying over conflict zones. The Dutch Safety Board issued a report Thursday Feb. 21, 2019, following up on its publication in 2015 of a probe into the cause of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over war-ravaged eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
February 21, 2019 - 6:23 am

Airlines need better info before flying over conflict zones

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — More than four years after a Malaysian passenger jet was shot down over conflict-ravaged eastern Ukraine, airlines around the world still need more and better information to make risk assessments about flying over war zones, a Dutch safety watchdog said Thursday. The...
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