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Work begins on black boxes from Ukrainian jet downed by Iran

PARIS (Reuters) – Investigators have begun work on the flight recorders from the Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran in January, France’s BEA accident investigation bureau said on Monday. Iranian forces say they downed the Ukraine International Airlin... More »

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UK coastguards locate wreckage of U.S. fighter plane, pilot missing

LONDON (Reuters) – British coastguards have located the wreckage of a U.S. fighter plane that crashed into the North Sea off the coast of northeast England on Monday but the pilot is still missing, the U.S. Air Force said in a statement. The F-15C Eagle from t... More »

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Kobe Bryant remembered at Grammy Awards hours after his death

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Musicians and performers at the Grammy Awards paid tribute to Kobe Bryant on Sunday at his former home arena, the Staples Center in Los Angeles, hours after the NBA great was killed some 40 miles (65 km) away in a helicopter crash. Brya... More »

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Ukraine considering several possibilities behind Iran plane crash

KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the government was considering several possible causes of a plane crash in Iran, which killed 176 citizens of 7 countries. The Ukraine International Airline jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Te... More »

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U.S. lawmakers will press Boeing CEO for answers on 737 MAX crashes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of a U.S. Senate panel reviewing two catastrophic Boeing 737 MAX crashes told Reuters ahead of hearings this week that the plane would not return to U.S. skies until “99.9% of the American public” and policymakers are convinced ... More »

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Japan’s military says pilot vertigo likely cause of F-35 crash

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s air force said on Monday “spatial disorientation” likely caused one of its pilots to fly his F-35 stealth fighters into the Pacific Ocean in April, hitting the water at more than 1,100 kph (683 mph). The Lockheed Martin Corp jet disap... More »

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Preliminary report on Ethiopian Airlines crash ‘very likely’…

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The preliminary report on the March 10 Ethiopian Airlines crash will very likely be released this week, Ethiopia’s transport ministry spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday. “It will very, very likely be released this week but there could be... More »

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Five decades ago, Boeing’s new 727 jet also had a terrible start

OTTAWA (Reuters) – As Boeing Co and global airlines work to restore public confidence in the 737 MAX after two deadly crashes, they will have a play book they can use. This is not the first time that Boeing has faced a crisis after launching a new plane with i... More »

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Ethiopian Airlines CEO promises to get to bottom of flight 302 crash

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam said on Monday the airline would work with investigators in Ethiopia, the United States and elsewhere “to figure out what went wrong with flight 302”. We will “work with Boeing and our colleagu... More »

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Boeing postpones 777X event after Ethiopian Airlines crash

(Reuters) – Boeing Co said late Sunday it will postpone the planned ceremonial debut of its 777X widebody aircraft after Sunday’s crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that left 157 dead. A Boeing spokesman said there was no delay to the 777X program. Boeing sa... More »

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China suspends commercial operations of Boeing 737-8 planes

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s civil aviation regulator said on Monday that it has asked domestic airlines to suspend the commercial operations of all Boeing 737-8 planes by 6:00 p.m. local time (5.00 a.m. ET), a day after a deadly crash of a 737 MAX 8 by Ethiopi... More »

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Ethiopian Airlines flight crashes, killing 157

NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – An Ethiopian Airlines passenger jet bound for Nairobi crashed minutes after take-off on Sunday, killing all 157 people on board and raising questions about the safety of the Boeing 737 MAX 8, a new model that also crashed in Ind... More »

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Bangladesh plane carrying 71 people crashes in Nepal

Wreckage of an airplane is pictured as rescue workers operate at Kathmandu airport, Nepal March 12, 2018. REUTERS/ Navesh Chitrakar KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A Bangladeshi aircraft carrying 67 passengers and four crew crashed on Monday while coming in to land at t... More »

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Rescue workers pull bodies out of plane wreckage in Nepal

KATHMANDU, (Reuters) – Rescue workers recovered badly burnt bodies from the wreckage of a Bangladeshi aircraft that crashed while coming in to land at Nepal’s Kathmandu airport on Monday, a Reuters witness said. There were 71 people on board the plane and 17 h... More »

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All 65 passengers, crew feared dead in Iranian plane crash

Relatives of passengers who were believed to have been killed in a plane crash react near the town of Semirom, Iran, February 18, 2017. REUTERS/Tasnim News Agency DUBAI (Reuters) – All 65 passengers and crew were feared dead in a plane crash in central Iran on... More »

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Japanese army helicopter crash sparks fire in residential area

TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese army Apache attack helicopter crashed in western Japan on Monday sparking a fire in a residential area, Japan’s defense minister said. Live images aired by public broadcaster NHK showed firefighters dousing a house as smoke billowe... More »

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Myanmar recovers more bodies from crashed military plane

A military truck carries family members of victims from a military plane crash on their way back after a funeral ceremony in Dawei, Myanmar June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun Myanmar rescuers have recovered the bodies of about half of the 122 people who were o... More »

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Helicopter with business executives crashes in Istanbul, kills five

Forensic experts examine the scene after a helicopter crashed in Istanbul, Turkey, March 10, 2017. REUTERS/Osman Orsal A helicopter carrying an executive of the Turkish Eczabicasi group and four Russians, including the firm’s Russian operations chief, crashed ... More »

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Malaysian transport minister to meet with MH370 families in Perth

Malaysia’s transport minister Liow Tiong Lai speaks at a news conference about debris found on a beach in Mozambique that may be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 3, 2016. REUTERS/Olivia Harris Malaysia’s transport m... More »

Pakistan International Airlines grounds ATR fleet after crash

A Pakistani soldier walks near the wreckage of a Pakistan International Airline (PIA) plane, which crashed a day earlier, in the village of Saddha Batolni near Abbotabad, Pakistan December 8, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) g... More »

Satellite owner says SpaceX owes $50 million or free flight

An explosion on the launch site of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is shown in this still image from video in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. September 1, 2016. U.S. Launch Report/Handout via REUTERS Israel’s Space Communication Ltd said on Sunday it could seek $50 mil... More »

Russian helicopter downed in rebel-held Idlib province

BEIRUT A Russian military helicopter carrying five people was shot down in the north of Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province on Monday, the Russian defence ministry said. Russian air forces are supporting President Bashar al-Assad in Syria’s five-year-old civil w... More »

First bodies delivered to Russia after Egypt plane crash

ST PETERSBURG The first bodies from a plane crash in Egypt in which all 224 passengers, most of them Russians, died over the weekend arrived in St Petersburg early on Monday morning aboard a Russian government plane. The crashed Airbus A321 plane, operated by ... More »