Pilot error or mechanical failure were the most likely causes of a 2010 plane crash in New Zealand in which nine people died, a coroner found yesterday. The Fletcher FU24 crashed and burst into...
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A pilot was killed after a vintage plane crashed into a hangar and exploded in a fireball at a Spanish air show. Ladislao Romero, 35, an experienced jet pilot and assistant to Spain's Defence...
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A budget airliner One-Two-Go crashed at the Thai Island resort of Phuket, killing 90 people.
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What happened? A Garuda Boeing 737 plane crashed in Indonesia and 22 people were killed. It was on a flight from the country's capital, Jakarta.
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A military aircraft crashed yesterday outside the Guangdong city of Jiexi after a mid-air explosion, but the pilot escaped in time, according to a witness.
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Lily Fenn Kar-bak, Hong Kong's only female helicopter and fixed-wing pilot, was back at work yesterday 21/2 months after being injured in a helicopter crash - and with a nice Christmas present...
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