In 2025, the number of fatal accidents in global air travel rose slightly year-over-year, according to a new report from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). IATA’s annual safety report ...
Three different models of aircraft have crashed in recent days in the U.S., killing 21 people in Missouri, California and Texas and leading to federal investigations into the causes.
WASHINGTON — The number of major accidents involving military aircraft spiked in 2024, internal Pentagon figures show, and a series of high-profile aviation mishaps with deaths and the loss of ...
Flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders are nearly indestructible. The recorders are widely referred to as the "black box" and are crucial to aviation accident investigations. Future ...
A towering black plume of smoke rose over the Mojave Desert on the morning of June 15, 2026 — the unmistakable signature of catastrophe at one of America’s most storied flight test facilities. A B-52 ...
The fatal airline accident level in 2025 was below the annual average for the last 10 years, but the number of individual fatalities was well above average. The principal reason for the relatively ...
The pilot and flight instructor had been flying for over two hours, doing air work and making touch-and-go landings at area airports. Returning to the airplane’s base, they were making a final ...
An Air India passenger plane bound for London and carrying more than 240 people crashed into a medical college after takeoff ...
The AOPA Air Safety Institute's 35th Richard G. McSpadden Report indicates a decline in general aviation accident and fatal accident rates in 2023, even with increased flight activity. Key findings ...