https://www.scmp.com/rss/330237/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Associated Press Associated Press A person who jumped a fence and was on a runway at Denver International Airport was struck and killed by a Frontier Airlines plane during take-off, airport authorities said. The collision sparked an engine fire and forced passengers to evacuate. The plane, en route from Denver to Los Angeles International Airport, “reported striking a pedestrian during takeoff at DEN at approximately 11:19 p.m. on Friday”, according to a post on the airport’s official social media account. A spokesman for the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3353012/pedestrian-dies-us-after-being-hit-frontier-airlines-plane-denver-airport?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3353012/pedestrian-dies-us-after-being-hit-frontier-airlines-plane-denver-airport?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 May 2026 15:00:32 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg The China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed into a hillside in 2022, killing all 132 people on board, had its fuel supply cut mid-flight, newly released investigative material shows, which bolsters the theory that the aircraft was intentionally brought down. While China still has yet to release a final report on the accident, findings released by the US National Transportation Safety Board this month show that levers controlling the flow of fuel to the jet’s engines were switched to the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3352413/fatal-2022-china-eastern-airlines-plane-crash-points-deliberate-fuel-cut?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3352413/fatal-2022-china-eastern-airlines-plane-crash-points-deliberate-fuel-cut?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 May 2026 17:27:57 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A United Airlines jet with 231 passengers and crew escaped a major disaster on Sunday after one of its wheels clipped a light post and truck on a highway while on final approach to land in New Jersey. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials said the Boeing 767 landed safely at Newark Liberty International Airport after arriving from Venice, Italy, and the agency would investigate the incident. A preliminary investigation from New Jersey State Police said “while a United Airlines Aircraft... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3352305/united-airlines-boeing-767-jet-hits-light-pole-truck-while-landing-newark?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3352305/united-airlines-boeing-767-jet-hits-light-pole-truck-while-landing-newark?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 May 2026 02:23:49 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A small plane crashed in Texas Hill Country, killing all five people aboard, officials said on Friday. The crash happened on Thursday night in Wimberley, a city about 40 miles (65km) southwest of Austin, Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra said on social media. The Federal Aviation Administration said the Cessna 421C crashed around 11.25pm with five people on board. It said the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash. The plane took off from Amarillo, Texas, about two... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3352190/plane-crash-us-texas-state-kills-all-5-board?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3352190/plane-crash-us-texas-state-kills-all-5-board?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 May 2026 15:48:06 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A small plane crashed on Monday in South Sudan near the capital Juba, killing all 13 passengers and the pilot, local officials said. On top of instability, conflict and poverty, South Sudan also lacks reliable transport infrastructure with frequent plane crashes attributed to overloading and bad weather. The plane was a Cessna that departed Juba International Airport at 9.15am local time and crashed about 20km (12 miles) from the capital with no survivors, the South Sudanese Civil Aviation... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3351612/14-killed-plane-crash-outskirts-south-sudans-capital?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3351612/14-killed-plane-crash-outskirts-south-sudans-capital?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:23:04 +0000 Reuters Reuters South Korea’s air force apologised on ⁠Thursday for a ⁠2021 mid-air collision involving two ⁠fighter jets, a day after auditors said pilots were taking selfies and filming during the flight and held them responsible for the accident. “We sincerely apologise to the public ‌for the concern caused by the accident that occurred in 2021,” an air force spokesman said in a press briefing, adding that one of the pilots involved had been suspended from flying duties, received severe disciplinary action... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3351175/south-koreas-air-force-apologises-after-audit-blames-2021-jet-collision-mid-air-selfies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3351175/south-koreas-air-force-apologises-after-audit-blames-2021-jet-collision-mid-air-selfies?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:57:47 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Two crew members and six passengers were killed when a private helicopter crashed in dense forest on Indonesia’s Borneo island, the transport ministry said on Friday. The Airbus H130 helicopter, owned by local firm Matthew Air Nusantara, lost contact with air traffic control about five minutes after take-off from an oil plantation in the West Kalimantan province on Thursday morning. It was on its way to another plantation in Kubu Raya district. All eight on board were men and one was a Malaysian... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3350430/malaysian-man-among-8-dead-indonesian-helicopter-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3350430/malaysian-man-among-8-dead-indonesian-helicopter-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:56:14 +0000 Liu Zhen,Victoria Bela Liu Zhen,Victoria Bela One crew member from a US fighter jet shot down over Iran has been rescued by US forces, multiple news outlets reported on Friday, citing two US officials, while a second crew member remains missing. A separate US aircraft was also hit near the Strait of Hormuz, though its pilot was rescued safely, according to the reports. Iran claimed on Friday to have shot down the American jet, releasing photos of apparent wreckage of an F-15E. The United States reportedly launched a search-and-rescue... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3349006/one-us-pilot-rescued-another-missing-after-iran-says-it-downed-fighter-jet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3349006/one-us-pilot-rescued-another-missing-after-iran-says-it-downed-fighter-jet?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:47:43 +0000 Reuters Reuters A ⁠Russian An-26 ⁠military transport plane ⁠crashed into a cliff in Crimea, killing 29 people on board, due to a possible technical malfunction, Russia’s defence ministry said early on Wednesday, according to news agencies. Tass news agency, quoting the ministry, said communication with the aircraft was lost at about 6pm local time on Tuesday on a planned flight over Crimea. The peninsula, covered in sweeping mountains leading down to the coast of the Black Sea, was annexed by Russia from... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3348594/russian-military-plane-crashes-crimea-cliff-killing-29-people?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3348594/russian-military-plane-crashes-crimea-cliff-killing-29-people?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:44:16 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial The latest power-bank restriction on air travellers comes less than a month after a major nighttime crash and rescue drill at Hong Kong airport in which an airliner’s take-off was aborted after smoke was reported coming from a passenger’s power bank. But that was a simulation, involving more than 1,000 personnel plus hundreds of volunteers, aimed at optimising airport emergency response. There was therefore no connection with the ban imposed without warning by the Airport Authority on Saturday... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3348409/restriction-power-banks-flights-should-not-have-come-surprise?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3348409/restriction-power-banks-flights-should-not-have-come-surprise?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:45:09 +0000 Reuters Reuters The US Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a close call between a United Airlines jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter in California, the agency said on Thursday, in the latest incident between a passenger jet and a military aircraft. The FAA said ‌a United Boeing 737-800 jet on Tuesday at 8.40pm was on final approach to John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California when a Black Hawk crossed in front of the plane. Flightradar24, a flight tracking site, said the aircraft were 160... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3348059/united-airlines-jet-has-close-call-us-army-helicopter-prompting-investigation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3348059/united-airlines-jet-has-close-call-us-army-helicopter-prompting-investigation?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:37:47 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US officials on Tuesday played down speculation that distracted air traffic controllers might have contributed to a deadly collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. Two pilots were killed in the runway crash late on Sunday, which crushed the cockpit of the Bombardier plane and heavily damaged the emergency vehicle. Media reports said investigators were investigating whether airport traffic controllers were distracted by an odour issue on a United... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347774/us-officials-downplay-controller-distraction-new-york-laguardia-plane-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347774/us-officials-downplay-controller-distraction-new-york-laguardia-plane-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:39:44 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A flight attendant still strapped in her seat survived being thrown from an Air Canada plane that collided with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, her daughter said on Monday. It’s a “total miracle,” Sarah Lepine told Canadian news station TVA Nouvelles. She said her mother, Solange Tremblay, had multiple fractures to one leg and would need surgery but otherwise was OK. An aviation safety expert said she likely was helped by being in a seat with a four-point restraint used by crew... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347657/flight-attendants-survival-miracle-after-ejection-air-canada-jet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347657/flight-attendants-survival-miracle-after-ejection-air-canada-jet?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Mar 2026 02:46:36 +0000 Reuters Reuters A Colombian military plane crashed in a take-off disaster on Monday, killing 66 people as rescuers shuttled dozens of survivors to nearby hospitals and searched for four who were still missing, according to a top official. The Lockheed Martin-built Hercules C-130 transport plane was carrying 128 people, including 11 Air Force members, 115 army personnel and two national police officers, according to ‌Hugo Alejandro Lopez, head of the nation’s armed forces. The death toll was nearly double that... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3347639/dozens-soldiers-feared-dead-after-colombian-military-plane-crashes-take?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3347639/dozens-soldiers-feared-dead-after-colombian-military-plane-crashes-take?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:58:24 +0000 Reuters Reuters Both pilots were killed after an Air Canada Express regional jet collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia airport late on Sunday, closing the airport, authorities and US media said, in an incident set to draw scrutiny following a string of recent aviation lapses. NBC News, which reported the deaths, said dozens of people were injured in ‌the incident. The Air Canada Express CRJ-900 plane, operated by its regional partner Jazz Aviation, was carrying 72 passengers and four... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347545/air-canada-express-jet-hits-ground-vehicle-new-yorks-la-guardia-airport?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347545/air-canada-express-jet-hits-ground-vehicle-new-yorks-la-guardia-airport?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Mar 2026 05:20:53 +0000 Reuters Reuters All six crew ⁠members aboard a US military refuelling ⁠aircraft that crashed in western Iraq are confirmed to have been killed, the US military said on Friday. A US military refuelling aircraft crashed in western Iraq on Thursday, in an incident the military said involved another aircraft but ‌was not the result of hostile or friendly fire. The deaths add to the seven US service members who have already been killed as part of US operations against Iran which began on February 28. “The... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3346421/us-military-refuelling-plane-crashes-iraq-rescue-efforts-are-under-way?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3346421/us-military-refuelling-plane-crashes-iraq-rescue-efforts-are-under-way?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Mar 2026 23:02:39 +0000 Reuters Reuters South Korea’s transport ministry cut construction costs and approved improper airport safety structures for more than two decades, the state auditor said in a report on aviation safety management after a Jeju Air crash that killed 179 people. The December 2024 crash involved a Boeing 737-800 which was struck by birds, belly-landed and overran the runway at Muan International Airport, killing almost everyone on board after it struck a concrete support for a localiser antenna. The only survivors... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3346185/jeju-air-crash-south-korean-auditor-says-ministry-prioritised-cost-over-safety?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3346185/jeju-air-crash-south-korean-auditor-says-ministry-prioritised-cost-over-safety?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Mar 2026 05:38:38 +0000 Reuters Reuters Families of those aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 ⁠on Sunday urged ⁠the Malaysian government to extend a ⁠contract it signed with deep-sea exploration firm Ocean Infinity to continue a search for the aircraft that disappeared 12 years ago. The Boeing 777 was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew when it vanished en route from Kuala ‌Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, becoming one of the world’s enduring aviation mysteries. Multiple search operations for the plane have been conducted in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3345881/families-mh370-passengers-urge-malaysia-extend-ocean-search?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3345881/families-mh370-passengers-urge-malaysia-extend-ocean-search?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Mar 2026 10:06:16 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A Malaysian national and a Filipino were killed on Tuesday when a helicopter crashed in a vacant lot about two hours southeast of Manila. The Bell 505 helicopter carrying five people, including two Malaysians, took off from the capital and was en route to Quezon province, more than 400km (248 miles) southeast of the capital, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines and other officials said. It was not immediately clear what caused the forced landing in clear weather in a grassy area of... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3345246/malaysian-filipino-killed-helicopter-crash-southeast-manila?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3345246/malaysian-filipino-killed-helicopter-crash-southeast-manila?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Mar 2026 06:51:47 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A cargo plane carrying money crashed on Friday near Bolivia’s capital, damaging about a dozen vehicles on the highway, scattering bills on the ground and leaving at least 15 people dead and others injured, an official said. Defence Minister Marcelo Salinas said the Hercules C-130 plane was transporting newly printed Bolivian currency when it “landed and veered off the runway” at an airport in El Alto, a city near the capital of La Paz, before ending up in a nearby field. Firefighters managed to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3344961/plane-carrying-money-crashes-bolivia-killing-15-and-sparking-rush-pick-bills?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3344961/plane-carrying-money-crashes-bolivia-killing-15-and-sparking-rush-pick-bills?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Feb 2026 05:25:57 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse South Korea grounded an ageing fleet of military helicopters on Monday after a chopper crashed during a training exercise and killed two people on board. The AH-1S Cobra was training for emergency landings when it “crashed due to an unidentified cause” in Gapyeong county west of Seoul, the army said in a statement. Two service members were taken to hospital and later pronounced dead. Photos in local media showed the helicopter’s crumpled fuselage lying on a rocky river bank. “Following the... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3342890/south-korea-grounds-cobra-military-helicopters-after-fatal-training-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3342890/south-korea-grounds-cobra-military-helicopters-after-fatal-training-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Feb 2026 06:01:47 +0000 Ishani Sarkar Ishani Sarkar The 2026 Winter Olympics have just begun. Among other talented athletes named to Team USA, such as Ilia Malinin and Andrew Torgashev, one young star is drawing the world’s attention: Maxim Naumov. Naumov, 24, who lost his parents – Olympian figure skaters Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova – in the tragic 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision a year ago, honoured his parents after earning his Team USA jacket. According to the US Figure Skating website, Naumov shared that the Olympics are “part... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3342517/meet-us-figure-skating-star-maxim-naumov-whose-parents-died-plane-crash-last-year?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3342517/meet-us-figure-skating-star-maxim-naumov-whose-parents-died-plane-crash-last-year?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Feb 2026 22:00:10 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A small plane crashed on Wednesday in a rural area of Norte de Santander province in northeast Colombia, killing all 15 people on board including a member of congress, authorities said. Satena, the state-owned airline that operated the flight, said local officials in the community of Curasica notified authorities about where the plane had gone down and a rescue team was deployed to “assess the condition of the passengers.” Colombia’s Transportation Ministry later released a statement saying that... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3341603/plane-crash-colombia-kills-15-including-politician?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3341603/plane-crash-colombia-kills-15-including-politician?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Jan 2026 23:07:29 +0000 Reuters Reuters Ajit Pawar, the deputy chief minister of India’s wealthiest ‌state, Maharashtra, died in a plane crash on Wednesday when his charter aircraft went down in flames, killing him and four othrs on board, the aviation regulator has said. Pawar, who hailed from a top political family, was en route to his home region ⁠to canvass in local elections, media said. Two of his staff and two crew were also aboard the VSR Ventures-operated Learjet 45 aircraft, the directorate general of civil aviation... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3341594/plane-crashes-india-killing-maharashtra-deputy-chief-minister-and-4-others?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3341594/plane-crashes-india-killing-maharashtra-deputy-chief-minister-and-4-others?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:59:13 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg At least six people have died after a private plane crashed while taking off from Bangor International Airport in Maine on Sunday evening, local authorities said. There were six people on the plane according to the flight manifest, the statement from Bangor police said. “No one from the incident was transported to the hospital, and all on the flight are presumed to be deceased.” The US Federal Aviation Administration said in an earlier statement that the plane was carrying eight people. In a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341314/least-6-dead-after-private-plane-crashes-maine-us-hit-winter-storm?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341314/least-6-dead-after-private-plane-crashes-maine-us-hit-winter-storm?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:29:59 +0000 SCMP’s Asia desk SCMP’s Asia desk Police in South Korea are hunting a person claiming to be a commercial pilot who threatened to carry out a “suicide flight” over Seoul’s Gimpo International Airport, voicing resentment over the merger between the country’s two largest airlines. The alarming message – posted on an anonymous online forum popular with office workers – also mentioned a stabbing, prompting authorities to increase security around the airport and verify the poster’s identity, police and aviation officials said on... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3340539/seoul-airport-suicide-flight-threat-sparks-police-manhunt-south-korea?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3340539/seoul-airport-suicide-flight-threat-sparks-police-manhunt-south-korea?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:22:39 +0000 Reuters Reuters Indonesian authorities said on Sunday they had located the wreckage of a fisheries surveillance plane that went missing in South Sulawesi province on the slope of a fog-covered mountain, and had recovered the body of one of the 10 people on board. The ATR 42-500 turboprop owned by aviation group Indonesia Air Transport lost contact with air traffic control on Saturday at about 1.30pm local time around the Maros ⁠region in South Sulawesi. There were seven crew members and three passengers on... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3340319/indonesia-finds-one-body-wreckage-missing-surveillance-plane?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3340319/indonesia-finds-one-body-wreckage-missing-surveillance-plane?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 18 Jan 2026 09:24:24 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A regional passenger aircraft carrying 11 people lost contact with ground control on Saturday while approaching a mountainous region between Indonesia’s main island of Java and Sulawesi island, officials said. A search and rescue operation is under way. The turboprop ATR 42-500 operated by Indonesia Air Transport was on the way from Yogyakarta to the capital city of South Sulawesi when it vanished from radar, said Endah Purnama Sari, a spokesperson for the transportation ministry. The plane was... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3340279/indonesian-plane-11-people-missing-search-and-rescue-under-way?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3340279/indonesian-plane-11-people-missing-search-and-rescue-under-way?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Jan 2026 15:12:41 +0000 Park Chan-kyong Park Chan-kyong South Korea has belatedly acknowledged that a concrete structure built beyond a runway turned a routine emergency landing into the deadliest-ever domestic aviation disaster, in a reversal that has unleashed a furious debate over safety oversight and accountability. Newly disclosed findings based on computer simulations show the structure – originally constructed to support navigation equipment at Muan International Airport – acted as a deadly barrier. Without it, investigators concluded that all... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3339677/south-koreas-worst-air-disaster-fury-erupts-over-mound-death?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3339677/south-koreas-worst-air-disaster-fury-erupts-over-mound-death?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Jan 2026 04:30:09 +0000 Reuters Reuters A South Korean government-commissioned report found the Jeju Air plane crash in December 2024 that killed ‍179 people might not have been deadly if there had not been a concrete mound at the end of the runway, an opposition lawmaker said. The Boeing 737-800 coming from Bangkok belly-landed and overran the runway at Muan International Airport, killing almost everyone on board after it struck a concrete support for a localiser antenna. The ⁠only survivors were two flight attendants at the far rear... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3339343/jeju-air-crash-man-made-179-deaths-may-have-been-avoided-report-finds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3339343/jeju-air-crash-man-made-179-deaths-may-have-been-avoided-report-finds?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Jan 2026 09:28:38 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Nearly 12 years after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished with 239 people on board, the search for answers to one of aviation’s most haunting riddles resumed on Tuesday in the remote southern Indian Ocean. Armed with cutting-edge deep-sea robots and smarter data, US investigators are scouring the seabed for clues that have eluded governments, experts and grieving families for more than a decade. MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur just after midnight on March 8, 2014, bound for Beijing on what... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3338232/will-ocean-infinity-finally-solve-flight-mh370-mystery-indian-ocean?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3338232/will-ocean-infinity-finally-solve-flight-mh370-mystery-indian-ocean?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 31 Dec 2025 02:30:13 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Two helicopters crashed mid-air in New Jersey on Sunday, killing one person and critically injuring another, authorities said. Hammonton Police Chief Kevin Friel said rescuers responded to a report of an aviation crash at about 11.25am. Video from the scene shows a helicopter spinning rapidly to the ground. Police and fire crews subsequently extinguished flames that engulfed one of the helicopters. The Federal Aviation Administration described the crash as a mid-air collision between an Enstrom... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337960/1-dead-another-injured-mid-air-helicopter-crash-new-jersey-officials-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337960/1-dead-another-injured-mid-air-helicopter-crash-new-jersey-officials-say?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Dec 2025 19:54:28 +0000 Biman Mukherji Biman Mukherji India’s aviation sector is poised to become more competitive after authorities granted initial approval to two new airlines to start operations in the country, in a move that will further challenge the duopoly of IndiGo and Air India. The expansion comes as the sector was rattled by a series of setbacks this year, including IndiGo’s massive flight cancellations earlier this month and the crash of an Air India plane in Ahmedabad in June. On Tuesday, Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3337720/duopoly-air-india-indigo-face-competition-2-new-airlines?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3337720/duopoly-air-india-indigo-face-competition-2-new-airlines?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Dec 2025 09:43:33 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A private jet carrying Libya’s military chief, four other officers and three crew members crashed on Tuesday after take-off from Turkey’s capital, Ankara, killing everyone on board. Libyan officials said the cause of the crash was a technical malfunction on the plane. The Libyan delegation was in Ankara for high-level defence talks aimed at boosting military cooperation between the two countries, Turkish officials said. Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah confirmed the death of General... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3337550/libya-army-chief-killed-turkey-plane-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3337550/libya-army-chief-killed-turkey-plane-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:34:58 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A small Mexican Navy plane transporting a young medical patient and seven others crashed on Monday near Galveston, killing at least five people and setting off a search in waters along the Texas coast, officials said. Four of the people on board were Navy officers and four were civilians, including a child, Mexico’s Navy said in a statement. Two of the passengers were from a non-profit that provides aid to Mexican children with severe burns, including transports to a Galveston hospital. US... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337494/least-5-killed-us-after-mexican-plane-medical-mission-crashes-texas-fog?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337494/least-5-killed-us-after-mexican-plane-medical-mission-crashes-texas-fog?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:25:29 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Grieving mother Lee Hyo-eun returns every weekend to the airport where her daughter and 178 others died last year, desperate for the truth about South Korea’s deadliest airline disaster. Jeju Air flight 2216 was coming in to land at Muan International Airport from Thailand when it struck a flock of birds and was forced to make a belly landing that sent it crashing into a structure at the end of the runway. Only two flight attendants seated in the tail section survived. Lee vividly remembers that... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3337437/year-after-south-koreas-jeju-air-crash-fight-truth-continues?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3337437/year-after-south-koreas-jeju-air-crash-fight-truth-continues?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:15:54 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A business jet crashed on Thursday while trying to return to a North Carolina airport shortly after take-off, killing all seven people aboard, including retired Nascar driver Greg Biffle and his family, authorities said. The Cessna C550 erupted into a large fire when it hit the ground. It had departed Statesville Regional Airport, about 72km (45 miles) north of Charlotte, but soon crashed while trying to return and land, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said. Flight records show the plane... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336969/deaths-reported-after-business-jet-crashes-north-carolina-airport?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336969/deaths-reported-after-business-jet-crashes-north-carolina-airport?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:55:05 +0000 Reuters,Associated Press Reuters,Associated Press The US Justice Department said late on Wednesday the federal government was liable in the fatal January 29 collision of an Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines regional jet that killed 67 people near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. It was the deadliest plane crash on American soil in more than two decades. The government admitted it “owed a duty of care to plaintiffs, which it breached, thereby proximately causing the tragic accident” and that the pilots of the Army... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336963/us-government-admits-liability-fatal-black-hawk-and-american-airlines-jet-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336963/us-government-admits-liability-fatal-black-hawk-and-american-airlines-jet-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:28:38 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Heart-stopping footage released on Thursday by Australian authorities showed the moment a skydiver was left dangling thousands of metres in the air after their parachute caught on the plane’s tail. The skydiver survived the incident, which occurred south of Cairns during a stunt in September, but has only just been revealed following investigations by the transport safety watchdog. Plans for a 16-way formation by parachutists at 4,600 metres (15,000 feet), filmed by a parachuting camera... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3336026/skydiver-australia-survives-4600-metre-fall-after-parachute-snags-plane-tail?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3336026/skydiver-australia-survives-4600-metre-fall-after-parachute-snags-plane-tail?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Dec 2025 07:01:13 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Russia on Tuesday said there were no survivors in a military plane crash east of Moscow, with state media reporting earlier there were seven people on board. The country’s Investigative Committee, which is responsible for probing major crimes, said it had opened an investigation into flight preparation rules. “On December 9, 2025, during a test flight, an An-22 aircraft crashed near the village of Ivankovo in the Ivanovo region,” the committee said. “All crew members on board were killed.” It... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3335785/russian-military-plane-crashes-during-test-flight-near-moscow?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3335785/russian-military-plane-crashes-during-test-flight-near-moscow?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:53:57 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Chaos gripped Indian airports on Thursday after the country’s largest airline IndiGo cancelled more than 1,200 flights, stranding thousands of passengers. The company blamed the disruption on “unforeseen operational challenges” including technical glitches, adverse weather and new rules for workers. India’s aviation watchdog ordered an investigation and demanded that IndiGo respond with plans to ease the interruptions, which have persisted since Monday. Passengers vented their anger online, with... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3335226/airport-chaos-india-after-indigo-cancels-1200-flights-stranding-thousands?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3335226/airport-chaos-india-after-indigo-cancels-1200-flights-stranding-thousands?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:24:41 +0000 Phoebe Zhang Phoebe Zhang Malaysia’s announcement that the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 will resume was welcome news for Jiang Hui, whose mother was a passenger on the plane. “I hope the truth will come out soon, the wait has been such a torment for the families,” he wrote in a social media post sharing the news. Malaysia’s transport ministry made the announcement on Wednesday, more than a decade after the Boeing 777 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3335153/chinese-families-hope-truth-will-come-out-when-hunt-missing-flight-mh370-resumes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3335153/chinese-families-hope-truth-will-come-out-when-hunt-missing-flight-mh370-resumes?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Dec 2025 05:00:11 +0000 Reuters Reuters The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 will resume on December 30, Malaysia’s transport ministry said on Wednesday, more than a decade after the China-bound flight disappeared in one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries. Flight MH370, a Boeing 777, was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew when it vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in 2014. Multiple search operations for the plane have been conducted since then but all proved fruitless. The most recent search in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3334999/malaysia-resumes-search-mh370-ocean-infinity-indian-ocean-after-over-decade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3334999/malaysia-resumes-search-mh370-ocean-infinity-indian-ocean-after-over-decade?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Dec 2025 04:23:20 +0000 Reuters Reuters India’s aviation regulator said on Tuesday it was investigating Air India after the airline operated an aircraft eight times without a valid airworthiness review certificate, a document issued annually that ensures compliance with safety standards. The regulator did not name the aircraft type but its news release’s title referenced the registration code of an Airbus A320, and a person with direct knowledge of the matter confirmed the case in fact concerned the single-aisle jet. Airbus did not... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3334954/air-india-probed-flying-airbus-a320-without-valid-safety-certificate-amid-crash-fallout?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3334954/air-india-probed-flying-airbus-a320-without-valid-safety-certificate-amid-crash-fallout?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Dec 2025 13:58:41 +0000 Reuters Reuters Kazakhstan told Ukraine on Sunday to stop attacking the Black Sea terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), which handles more than 1 per cent of global oil, after a major drone attack halted exports and seriously damaged loading infrastructure. The CPC, which includes Russian, Kazakh and US shareholders, said it had halted operations after a mooring at its Russian terminal on the Black Sea was significantly damaged by a Ukrainian naval drone attack. Ukraine this year mounted wave after... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3334670/kazakhstan-tells-ukraine-stop-black-sea-oil-terminal-attacks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3334670/kazakhstan-tells-ukraine-stop-black-sea-oil-terminal-attacks?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:32:48 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The pilot of an Indian combat plane died after the aircraft crashed on Friday during a demonstration flight for spectators at the Dubai Air Show, the Indian Air Force said. The Indian HAL Tejas smashed into the ground at the vast Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central, sending a vast fireball into the air and thick black smoke into the sky. Police vehicles, ambulances and a helicopter rushed to the site of the crash, spraying firefighting foam to extinguish the blaze. Onlookers,... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3333738/indian-air-force-pilot-dies-tejas-jet-crash-during-dubai-air-show-demonstration?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3333738/indian-air-force-pilot-dies-tejas-jet-crash-during-dubai-air-show-demonstration?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Nov 2025 11:59:32 +0000 Jess Ma Jess Ma A preliminary investigation has found that an Emirates cargo plane that veered off the runway into the sea at Hong Kong airport last month, killing two security staff, experienced an “abnormal” acceleration in one of its engines after landing, according to experts. Two aviation experts who had analysed the report released by the Air Accident Investigation Authority on Tuesday told the Post that it was unusual for a plane to accelerate after it had touched down. They said the cause would have to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3333311/probe-cites-engine-surge-emirates-cargo-plane-crash-killed-2-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3333311/probe-cites-engine-surge-emirates-cargo-plane-crash-killed-2-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:45:47 +0000 Reuters Reuters Turkey on Wednesday said 20 of its soldiers were killed when a military transport plane crashed in Georgia a day earlier, marking the Nato member’s deadliest military incident since 2020. The C-130 cargo aircraft left Azerbaijan for Turkey and crashed in Georgia on Tuesday, leaving chunks of twisted metal strewn across a grassy knoll. Ankara has not provided a reason for the crash, but said Turkish and Georgian authorities have started inspections at the site, located in the Sighnaghu... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3332396/turkish-military-plane-crashes-georgia-least-20-board?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3332396/turkish-military-plane-crashes-georgia-least-20-board?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:48:10 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A small turboprop plane on a hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashed on Monday morning into a pond in a gated residential neighbourhood of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs, killing two people shortly after take-off and narrowly missing homes, authorities and a local resident said. The Coral Springs Police Department confirmed the deaths in a statement on Monday afternoon. Police did not provide further details about the occupants of the plane and did not immediately return... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332260/2-dead-after-small-plane-hurricane-relief-trip-jamaica-crashes-florida-suburb?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332260/2-dead-after-small-plane-hurricane-relief-trip-jamaica-crashes-florida-suburb?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Nov 2025 23:15:29 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press UPS and FedEx have said they are grounding their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes “out of an abundance of caution” following a deadly crash at the UPS global aviation hub in Kentucky. The crash on Tuesday at UPS Worldport in Louisville killed 14 people, including the three pilots on the MD-11 that was headed for Honolulu. MD-11 aircraft make up about 9 per cent of the UPS airline fleet and 4 per cent of the FedEx fleet, according to the companies. “We made this decision proactively at... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332039/ups-fedex-proactively-ground-entire-md-11-cargo-fleets-after-deadly-kentucky-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332039/ups-fedex-proactively-ground-entire-md-11-cargo-fleets-after-deadly-kentucky-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Nov 2025 08:48:19 +0000