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Debris at the site of a deadly plane crash in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Thursday.
WORLD
Jan 31, 2025
Investigators seek to salvage aircraft after deadly Washington crash
Authorities have recovered black boxes but have not yet pinpointed a reason for the collision between the regional jet and a U.S. Army helicopter.
A memorial for the Skating Club of Boston members killed in a midair collision between a passenger plane and a U.S. military helicopter on Wednesday is seen at Tenley E. Albright Performance Center, in Boston on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Figure skating
Jan 31, 2025
Tight-knit U.S. figure skating community mourns skaters lost in plane crash
The athletes, coaches and family members on board the flight were returning from the National Development Camp in Kansas.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington on Thursday about the midair crash between an American Airlines plane and a military helicopter.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 31, 2025
Trump blames diversity programs over midair collision
The crash was nation's most deadly commercial airline accident in over a decade.
Winners Yevgenia Shishkova (front right) and Vadim Naumov (rear right) wave to fans during the medal ceremony at the NHK Trophy in Nagoya on Dec. 9, 1995. State-run news in Russia reported that the pair was on board a passenger plane that collided with a U.S. military helicopter in Washington on Wednesday.
MORE SPORTS / Figure skating
Jan 30, 2025
World champion Russian skaters reportedly on plane involved in midair collision
Shishkova and Naumov won the world championship in pairs in 1994.
The wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft that went off the runway and crashed at Muan International Airport lies near a concrete structure it crashed into, in Muan, South Korea, Dec. 30.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 27, 2025
Duck remains found in both engines of Jeju Air plane that crashed, report says
The authorities are still trying to determine what caused the deadliest air disaster on South Korean soil.
A V-22 Osprey
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2025
U.S. Osprey accidentally drops cargo into sea in Okinawa
The Defense Ministry's Okinawa Defense Bureau informed the Okinawa government that the cargo pallet fell into the sea due to an unexpected change in wind direction during training.
The SpaceX Starship rocket's Super Heavy booster lands, as seen from South Padre Island near Brownsville, Texas, on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 18, 2025
U.S. grounds SpaceX's Starship after fiery midair explosion
Under established procedures, SpaceX will now be required to carry out a "mishap investigation."
SpaceX's Starship rocket after launching from South Padre Island near Brownsville, Texas, on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 17, 2025
SpaceX's Starship breaks up in space, forcing flights to divert
Video footage showed orange balls of light streaking across the sky over the Haitian capital of Port-Au-Prince, leaving trails of smoke behind.
The flight data recorder retrieved from Jeju Air flight 2216, which crashed killing 179 people in December. Black boxes holding the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the flight stopped recording four minutes before the disaster, South Korea's transport ministry said Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 15, 2025
Crashed Jeju jet’s black box failure shows decadeslong gap in power rules
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board first recommended that cockpit voice recorders be fitted with an independent power source in the late 1990s.
Firefighters take part in an operation near the site where a Jeju Air plane crashed and burst into flames, at Muan International Airport in South Korea on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 11, 2025
South Korea says Jeju Air black boxes stopped recording before crash
The boxes holding clues to the flight's final moments experienced data loss, leaving authorities trying to find out what happened.
An official participates in the investigation at the site where a Jeju Air aircraft crashed and burst into flames, at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, on Jan 2.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jan 10, 2025
South Korea jet crash puts fast-growing Jeju Air's safety under scrutiny
Jeju Air flies its planes more than any other major airline in South Korea, and also outpaces most global peers such as Ireland's Ryanair and Malaysia's AirAsia.
The Japan Transport Safety Board, which last month released an interim report on a deadly collision between a Japan Airlines passenger plane and a Japan Coast Guard aircraft at Haneda Airport a year ago, plans to a final report outlining measures to prevent a recurrence.
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2025
Safety board to further analyze JAL jet collision at Haneda
The Japan Transport Safety Board will compile a final report that includes measures to prevent any recurrence of similar accidents.
The wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft that went off the runway and crashed at Muan International Airport lies near a concrete structure it crashed into, in Muan, South Korea, on Dec. 30.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 2, 2025
South Korea to send Jeju Air crash black box to U.S.
The damaged flight data recorder has been deemed unrecoverable for data extraction domestically.
The tail of Jeju Air Flight 2216 is seen at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea, on Sunday after the aircraft careered down the runway with no landing gear deployed and smashed into a concrete wall, killing all but two of the 181 people on board.
WORLD
Dec 31, 2024
Two plane crashes lead to deadliest year in skies since 2018
The Jeju Air disaster in South Korea and last week’s downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane took the number of fatalities aboard passenger aircraft in 2024 to 318.
South Korean acting President Choi Sang-mok pays his respects at a memorial for the victims of Jeju Air Flight 2216 in Muan County, South Korea, on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 31, 2024
Plane crash prompts South Korea leaders to pause political fight
The tragedy has compounded the challenges facing South Korea, which is already going through one of its most turbulent periods in years.
National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik offers joss sticks at a memorial for the victims of the Jeju Air crash in Muan, South Korea, on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Dec 30, 2024
What caused South Korea's most deadly plane crash?
As South Korean investigators probe the causes of the country's worst-ever aviation disaster on home soil, experts offer a glimpse at what could have gone wrong.
Firefighters on Monday inspect the wreckage of a Jeju Air plane that crashed at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, a day earlier.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 30, 2024
South Korea orders air safety probe after worst-ever crash kills 179
Acting President Choi Sang-mok ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire airline operation system as authorities hunted for clues to the crash's cause.
Rescue personnel are seen near the tail section of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft after the plane crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 29, 2024
South Korea's worst plane crash in decades leaves 179 dead
Investigators are looking into bird strikes and weather conditions as possible factors in the crash of the Jeju Air plane.
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a Security Council meeting via videoconference in Moscow on Saturday.
WORLD
Dec 29, 2024
Russia's Putin apologizes to Azerbaijan over 'tragic' airliner crash
Four sources with knowledge of the preliminary findings of Azerbaijan's investigation said that Russian air defenses had mistakenly shot the airliner down.
Emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Dec 27, 2024
Russian air defenses downed Azerbaijan Airlines flight, sources say
Flight J2-8243 crashed on Wednesday in a ball of fire near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after diverting from an area of southern Russia.

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